[DML] Re: gas smell

["Harold McElraft" <hmcelraft@xxxxxxx>]

The smallest amount of vapor can cause the smell. I have searched 
for the source of a similar gas smell for years. The problem I have 
had was it comes and goes. I believe it is the gas cap. I put a new 
gas cap on two years ago and the smell stopped. Then this year when 
I got the car out I noticed it again. When I checked the cap it 
seemed loose. I did a little cleaning on the seal and fiddled with 
the spring thing on top of the cap seal and so far so good. This 
Sunday after a long drive I stopped for gas and noticed a slight 
pressure at the cap telling me I'm getting a good seal. Overnight in 
the garage and still no gas smell.

Harold McElraft - 3354


--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Soma576@xxxx wrote:
> List,
> 
> lately i have been smelling gas in my garage.  i checked my entire 
fuel 
> system for leaks both while the car is running and right after it 
has been warmed 
> up and shut off.  i even checked the accumulator area and pulled 
open the fuel 
> pump access.  everything is dry as a bone.  
> 
> i was wondering if my gas cap was bad.  would a poorly sealing gas 
cap cause 
> my garage to stink like this?  i'm having trouble even deciding if 
it's the 
> DeLorean or not.  it smells like gas even with the car out of the 
garage for a 
> while, but i have a carpet on much of the floor - gas is probably 
in the 
> carpet.  the seal is a little dried out and cracked on my cap but 
it SEEMS to seal 
> ok when i turn it.
> 
> Andy
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]




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