fuel smell???

[k-series]

Can Anyone tell me why when I drive my car it smell like fumes inside?? My girl hates it lol its getting annoying any help would be appreciated thanks...

Ps. It smells like gas or something lol

[94EJ1OwnS]

Exhaust leak ?? && or does it has a cel , && how long you notice the fuel smell ?

[jrcoupe]

alright ive dealt with this and still have a faint odor but mist likely this is what your dealing with. If you have no leaks etc most like it is your charcoal canister. It is a black cansiter mounted to the firewall and has a few tubes mounted to it. When you over fill your tank sometimes a little liquid may make it through the vent tube from the tank to the canister. The charcoal inside the canister is meant to absorb gas fumes. If liquid makes it there it will take MONTHS to air out. If you unhook it and put your nose to the bottom spout and it STINKS BAD like RAW fuel then thats your issue. I completely took mine out and still sometimes get a faint raw fuel smell espcially when im low on fuel. When i removed the canster the vent hose still remains. Ive yet to research on what to do with it as i imagine your probally need it. Mines just chillin open ended. its NOWHERES near as bad.

[jrcoupe]

also what helps is to make sure any open holes in your firewall ac,cruise control etc are completely plugged. Fumes will make there way from the bay through your firewall and inside that cabin

[SeanJDMJohn]

also what helps is to make sure any open holes in your firewall ac,cruise control etc are completely plugged. Fumes will make there way from the bay through your firewall and inside that cabin

Well u can't block the air hole where the wipers r at lol so ur best bet is to just unhook the ruler pipe leading from ur gas tank to ur open end fuel line u can always put it back

[jrcoupe]

what u mean the wipes? i didnt say by the wipers? so you say to remove the entire line from the fuel tank to where its at in the bay. Its a metal line all the way down the body right? only like the last 6 inches r rubber where it hooks to the canister

[jrcoupe]

Ohhh ok cuz thats where its gonna suck most of the air/fumes fromm right?

[SeanJDMJohn]

what u mean the wipes? i didnt say by the wipers? so you say to remove the entire line from the fuel tank to where its at in the bay. Its a metal line all the way down the body right? only like the last 6 inches r rubber where it hooks to the canister

Yes I ment wipers lol auto spell on my phone nd yes there is only like 6-8 inches of rubber line that can just be taken off nd put back if needed

[jrcoupe]

Yes I ment wipers lol auto spell on my phone nd yes there is only like 6-8 inches of rubber line that can just be taken off nd put back if needed

when u take the rubber hose off wont this leave the had line open ended? damn im threadjacking

[SeanJDMJohn]

Yes but Idk if u have ever read on any other site "how to" delete a charcole canister most just cut the pipe out now I cut mine lower but I can still put a little rubber hose if I want to put it back to stock to sell another reason for the canister is to purge the tank which can keep the tank from building to much pressure if u just leave the line open end that far away from the tank can be bad because ur restricting the air now if u leave the rubber hose off it freely flows no high pressures nd no fuel smell (its all behind u)

[Jovanni91Da]

my ef does the same thing cant you just clean the canister out and it stop the smell?

[SeanJDMJohn]

Not that I kno of u would break it taking it apart if I'm not mistaken

[203CARTEL_NeiL]

you can eliminate the charcoal canister and re-route the tank vent to the rear of the car.

[k-series]

Thanks for all these answers....I need someone to do it for me hmu 2038092848

[ManTyme]

my 4 door was running rich when i had my ls in it i figured out that MY CAR has a map sensor on the firewall AS WELL as on the throttle body... all i did was switch them and BOOM no more gas smell and WAYYY BETTER gas mileage