Hpw about the filler tube? Could it be seperated or cracked? Can you smell around the van and localize it? Good luck. Michael in San Antonio 91GL Weekender AT 2.1L 'Gringo'
On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 5:46 PM, B Feddish <uprightbassghost@hotmail.com>wrote: > I've got an ongoing problem with the smell of gas. It's one of those things > where you walk up to the van and smell it but then after that you can walk > around the the van and not smell where it’s coming from. The van is > currently in my garage while the rust treatment cures and the garage > smells > like gas now. A little history, this smell started about a year ago. > Every > single gas line in the van has been replaced and even the gas tank was > replaced last summer. I had the smell before and I still have it. This is > driving me nuts. I've been over the whole van with a flashlight, there is > no visible sign of a leak. The smell is worse the hotter it is. It does > not > matter if the tank is full or near empty. > > Any thoughts on finding this? > > Thanks, > Bryan > |
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