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Re: 528i gasoline smell (was: Neophyte fuel pump question on '75 530i)

On Tue, 25 Oct 1994, Somebody wrote:
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> > 
> > I have a 1979 528i that also has a strong gas smell that I cannot
> find.  It occurs often after I fill the car up and the smell will be faint
> for about 50 miles or during abrupt manuvers.  I have checked most of the
> hoses around the tank and could not find any wet or smell gas outside the car
> only inside the trunk and passanger compartment.  Any help would be great.
> > 

I've had this problem twice with my 528i.  First time it was the gas tank
leaking where the vent lines enter the tank around where the filler neck
hose connects to the tank (rust).  It didn't leak alot just oozed a little
when the tank was full.  The second time, a few years later, the trunk
would absolutely stink of gasoline after filling up.  After I changed the
cloth covered vent hoses (I hate those stupid cloth covered German hoses
that you can't check their condition without taking them off) that went
between the vapor canister and the tank, the smell was greatly reduced. 
So I bet that one of hoses to the vapor canister is seeping a little bit
of gas vapor through. 

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Walt Barie (wgbst4+@domain.elided, barie+@domain.elided)
Graduate Student
Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh

'79 320i DSP Solo II and Drivers School car
'80 528i "the other car"

    "You gotta first spin the dice in order to win the game" - esp '95

Of course what I say in no way reflects the views of the University....
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