Fuel Smell

Transit921 · March 4, 2005

got a full tune up 5 days ago, since i picked up my car and till now, the inside of my car reaks like fuel, what is that, spilt fuel on my engine or oil or something from changing the fuel filter, its coming out of the vents, reaks

ford212.809 · March 4, 2005

got a full tune up 5 days ago, since i picked up my car and till now, the inside of my car reaks like fuel, what is that, spilt fuel on my engine or oil or something from changing the fuel filter, its coming out of the vents, reaks

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I would take it back immediately to the person who did the work. That could possibly be extremely dangerous. Good luck with it! :whistles:

Transit921 · March 4, 2005

im gona wait 5 more days to see if the smell goes away

vcv10guy · March 4, 2005

Did you check to make sure the fuel filter is not leaking? As in did you check the connections to and from the filter. If you noticed a decline in fuel economy, you definitely have a fuel leak.

Transit921 · March 5, 2005

its not leaking gas, but its so strong it like burns ur eyes , im gona go ask the mechanic monday

vcv10guy · March 5, 2005

Damn...that's definitely not good. Perhaps he did not do a good job in cleaning up the engine bay after he installed the new fuel filter.

amf1932 · March 5, 2005

its not leaking gas, but its so strong it like burns ur eyes , im gona go ask the mechanic monday

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Fuel smells that strong definitely means there IS a leak!! Don't wait to get this taken care of, before your car has an explosion! :chairshot:

khhoang · March 5, 2005

im gona wait 5 more days to see if the smell goes away

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why would you want to wait 5 more days when you have been smelling the fumes for the last 5 days since you took delvery after service? contact your mechanic ASAP, i.e. first thing in the morning. i never detected any fuel odor when i had my fuel filter replaced. for your safety and anybody else i would not recommend parking your car in a closed garage. better yet park it outside awayyy from the house. and i wouldn't even think about trying to crank it up. good luck and be careful.

ford212.809 · March 5, 2005

Like my mother USED to say, "When in doubt, don't." :chairshot:

ArmyofOne · March 7, 2005

The fuel lines that go to and from the fuel filter on these cars EASILY strip. it takes a few cans of pb blaster and a tap on the nuts ( :P ) to get them loose correctly. if they stripped out a nut, it will leak.

Transit921 · March 8, 2005

brought it back to the mechanic, it was leaking fuel on the drivers side of the engine, he tightened somethin up on the lift , and said its dry now, the inside of my car still reaks, smell better go away in a day or so , but he put his hand down there , grabed somethin, lifted his hand up, and it was covered wth fuel , he tightened some bolt looking thing

vcv10guy · March 8, 2005

brought it back to the mechanic, it was leaking fuel on the drivers side of the engine, he tightened somethin up on the lift , and said its dry now, the inside of my car still reaks, smell better go away in a day or so , but he put his hand down there , grabed somethin, lifted his hand up, and it was covered wth fuel , he tightened some bolt looking thing

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Tsk Tsk... you should have him buy you a tank of gas for your trouble. :D Hopefully that solves the problem.

ArmyofOne · March 8, 2005

brought it back to the mechanic, it was leaking fuel on the drivers side of the engine, he tightened somethin up on the lift , and said its dry now, the inside of my car still reaks, smell better go away in a day or so , but he put his hand down there , grabed somethin, lifted his hand up, and it was covered wth fuel , he tightened some bolt looking thing

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thats exactly what it was, the hard lines werent tightnened all the way. glad you got it sorted out.

:)

914lps · March 8, 2005

The air freshener "Frabreze" works real good at killing that gas smell. Spray it in the car with the windows up over night. Also just before hitting the road spray lots into your air vents on the outside of the car, then drive with your outside vents open. The smell of the air freshener sucks but after two days no odors at all.