Thread: gas tank venting

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Just curious, could you possibly have a fuel leak, not huge weeping kind of deal, cracked weld leaky flexible joint?

My experience, my tank lives behind the seats. When I first got the car had gas smell in the cabin. Found the seal of the tank to the body mounted filler cap was the culprit. Thinking back 10 years I believe the hose clamp was skewed just enough for fumes to leak and fowl the cabin. Once that was fixed the problem was solved.

My point is this, I suggest that you look at the tank fill system and try to determine if there is a way fumes are leaking into the cabin, flexible hose connections from body mounted cap too fuel fill tube, or flexible hose from fill tube to tank.. Not knowing the details of how your fuel system is mounted this could be useless information, in that case never mind.. :-)

I have two cars both have fuel cells with vented caps, carb induction, never have any fume smells, in the car or the garage.