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Re:gas odor
A neat trick I learned from having gas leaky Alfas is to use a friendly
shops tailpipe sniffer. The wand is used to detect hydrocarbons so use the
tip of the wand as a guide to tell you if you're getting "warmer" or
"colder". This would hopefully lead you to the source of the leak. Good
luck!
>
>From: DougS <dougs@domain.elided>
>Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 15:52:56 -0700
>Subject: Gasoline odor
>
>I have an 88 528e and I keep smelling fuel. Last night, I popped the
>hood and got a good whiff of gas which only lasted a minute or so. I
>ran the engine for about 5 minutes and looked and sniffed all over for
>any signs of a leak, but to no avail. No wet spots anywhere.
>
>This has been going on for a while now, but it seems to be getting a bit
>stronger lately, as the smell is coming in through the ventilation
>system (ack!). I get the smell both on cold starts and on warm starts.
>
>My mileage is I think good (21~22 city, 28 hwy) and has consistent
>since I bought her in Feb. Acceleration is pretty good for the car (I
>think), though in morning it is a bit sluggish when I try to take it
>easy. The car idles beautifully and remains constant.
>
>Will look more for it, but could use some help.
>
>Thanks
>
>Doug Schmidek
>'88 528e w/ 137,000K
>
Russell Shigeta
CDB Graduate Group
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Dept Biological Chemistry
MS1A, The Medical School
University of California at Davis
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