RE: Gas Odor

[Chris <chris@xxxxxxxxx>]

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>Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 12:41:14 -0500
>From: petrellaj <petrellaj@domain.elided>
>Subject: Gas Odor
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>I get a very strong gas odor which seemingly comes from the trunk area. It 
>is most noticeble after a fill up. I checked the hoses and there is no 
>evidence of leaks or seepage. One thing I have noticed is that the gauge 
>flucuates when cornering and it sounds as though the sending unit is 
>rattling in the tank. The gauge is fairly accurate. Any ideas?
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>John Petrella
>Atlanta, GA
>85 Spider Graduate
>73 BMW 2002

Yep, the rubber seal from the sending unit IN the tank has gone . . 

Get some chassis kit (or any kit which is fuel resistant)
Locate the unit, remove it, clean surfaces, apply chassis kit, 
reinstall unit, with old seal on the unit, allow to dry
(if using 3M chassis kit 12 hours at least)

I don't know where the unit is located in a spider, but on a 75/90 et al
it's under the rear seat....

Good luck!

Chris Piepers
The Netherlands

'81 Alfasud Sprint Veloce (for nostalgic reasons)
'83 Alfetta Q'Oro http://www.xs4all.nl/~chris/images/alfetta.jpg
(daily driver, since the Milano is waiting for it's new heart)
'86 75 2.5V6 (Milano)
(I just LOVE those transaxles)

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