Gas

So last week, I was driving to my friends place and all of a sudden, the car started losing power and spudering and shit, so I pulled into agas station, turned off the car and walked around and found 30$ worth of gas on the ground under my car, so I had it towed back to the garage I always go to, turns out a hose coming out the of the gas tank blew or something, anyways, so they fixed it, no more gas leak, but since then, my car stinks of gas, like ALOT, I can smell it from outside my garage! I haven't had time to bring my car back to the garage, but in the mean time, anyone know what this is? It seems to smell more at the front of the car then at the back. I took a quick look at the injectors, but it doesn't seem like they r leaking, maybe its just a tiny leak that I can't see...anyways, any help would be greatly appreciated.

well the gas lines from the fuel pump can be tricky to follow but they're black rubber lines and i think they go underneath the car but you'll probably have to take off some protective covers to find them.. its tough to say but i think there might be a leak in your fuel line. does gas leak on the ground all the time?? if not then disregard everything i just typed. if there's no leak and its just smelling like gas then you could be running rich and some of the smell might come from your exhaust manifold. my engine bay smells like gas too but it runs fine and i get fairly good mileage so it could just be another one of those 240 things...


add: the gas leak might have left residue around the leaking area which might still be there.. wait till it rains so your underneath gets nice and wet and it might go away.

Well I never drive my car in the rain, lol, and I don't even have a drop of gas on the ground, even when I park for 2-3 days. So maybe I am running rich, how do I check that?

emissions

We don't have those test in Quebec.

i don't know then. maybe a/f gauge but there's no point in having one just to see if you're running rich

anyone else?

And there's no point unless you get a wideband which I don't have money for right now.

i have an emissions tester in my garage, but i dont think thats going to help you 3000 miles away. Call around and see if any shop has one that would let you do it for free maybe when they arent real busy..

or just drive 20 minutes to any shop in ontario. its $30 at canadian tire here.

add: you'll see the ppm for all the emission products coming out of your exhaust

add another: if the guy who sold you the car lives in ontario, he should have some kind of records of emission testing within the last year. call him up and ask him about it, if not then just go get it done. it'd never hurt anyways

Pull the plugs.

yeah, that'll tell you if you're leaking more than it'll tell you if you're running rich, and you'll probably find more oil than gas if it was leaking. .02

Well, I seem to be getting crappy gas mileage and the car seems a bit sluggish, I mean I lost by one car length to a Cavalier! I got a good launch, I shifted just over 6k with quick shifts and he still got me, I just don't think that's normal. I have RWD and an extra 15hp.

man that sucks.

when was the last oil change?? do you know what kind of oil thats in the car? cause if its synthetic then you have to stay synthetic. i'm using synthetic 5 or 10w30 since i'm starting to burn tiny bits of oil.. that may help.. either that or check your fuel filter, it could be clogging or there could be a hole. chances are there might be a small hole letting too much flow happen. if i think of anything else i'll let you know.

Well I'm ganna have an oil change done this week, Mobil1 10w30 and I'll have them check everything on the car, just to see if they see anything needing changing. (I would do my own oil change, but I have no money for a jack and jack stands lol)

yeah, that'll tell you if you're leaking more than it'll tell you if you're running rich, and you'll probably find more oil than gas if it was leaking. .02

It will tell you if you are running rich. The mistake most people make is looking at the electrode ground. They see that being black or white and say "oh man, im running rich!!1" but in fact, you should look down on the electrode insulator.

If you find oil, then you have bigger problems and that problem is prolly directly linked to yoru sluggishness.

Smell of gas... Hmmm, I'd trace the smell to wherever its coming from.

if your smelling gas, bad mileage, and sluggish. Id look for another leak in a line and try to trace back to where the smell is coming from, i doubt these problems are from running rich...02

or it could be that gas just smells like a mofo. Have you ever got a little gas on your hand or on your clothes....it reeeeeeks for hours/days. Iv washed my hands till i thought i was to the bone, but it still smells. Gas is just some smelly shit. Just have to drive around and hope it goes away. Spray the hell out of the underside of your car with water. Just dont light a cigarette. But then if you did that, all your problems would be fixed. But then you have no car. Call the insurance and say your car just burst to flames and blame it on the shop, take in the insurance money and buy a new one.....now lets see if you have the balls to do that muahhahahah. j/p.

haha ryan you're fuckin funny. but yeah what you said is basically what i meant in an earlier post; wait till it rains so the underneath is somewhat cleaned out and then see how that works.. but slidestar, i know its only gonna be sunny around our towns for the next week.. GREAT cruising weather.. we're going to the gatineau hills next weekd ok?

For sure, just hit me up on MSN when you wanna go, do you have my cell number? Also, I don't think there's another leak cause I haven't found 1 single drop on the ground and I always park in the same interior space.

i'll let you know