Re: Fuel Smell - 308 carbed GTS | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: clyde romero (clyderomerof4![]() |
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Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:50:41 -0700 (PDT) |
Sprinkle baby powder over everywhere you have a fuel connection If there is a leak somewhere it will show up wet. Pressurize the system as if the car were running Don’t know how to do this on a carb car Clyde Romero just the right amount of wrong! "SCARS ARE TATTOOS WITH BETTER STORIES" Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail (including attachments) is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U. S. C., Sections 2510-2521, and is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain confidential or privileged material. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, dissemination, copying, forwarding or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. If you are the intended recipient but do not wish to receive communications through this medium please so advise the sender immediately. Electronic Transmission Security Notice: E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. The sender does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of the message that arise as a result of its electronic (e-mail) transmission. From: Grahame Reinthal [mailto:grahame [at] reinthal.com.au] Hi Doug, Good luck with that fuel leak/fume issue. Apart from all the great advice from everyone so far, I wonder if the sudden change aspect may be a clue. Apart from simple old age of components, is it possible that there was some sort of specific trauma? For example, was any work done on the car that could have incidentally or accidentally stressed something such as a metal fuel line, causing a small crack in one of the metal fuel lines, especially at a solder/weld (??) point? Incidentally, my 308gt4 used to be pretty stinky, but then again, it was always stinky, not a sudden change. My clothes stank of fumes after going for a drive. The fuel lines and filler pipe were all ok but it probably needed a carbie overhaul, as you could see around some of the joints in the carbies where there was fuel and grunge discolouration over time, but I never got it right before the engine dropped the exhaust valve and committed harakiri, so I replaced the whole thing with an injected engine and the stink is gone - a radical solution nonetheless and not ideal! :) Cheers, Grahame From: Doug and Terri Anderson [mailto:dnt [at] dock.net] Hmmmmm – out of 73 responses to my question I get 71 who suggest I replace the fuel filler hose. OK guys – that’s good enough for me. I was teetering on the brink for awhile, but by golly, I’m gonna do it. Thanks. DOUG Heh heh From: jimshadow [at] frontier.com [mailto:jimshadow [at] frontier.com] Fuel filler hose! If it hasn't been replaced on your watch, DO IT NOW!! Sent from my iPhone
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Re: Fuel Smell - 308 carbed GTS jimshadow, September 26 2011
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Re: Fuel Smell - 308 carbed GTS Doug and Terri Anderson, September 26 2011
- Re: Fuel Smell - 308 carbed GTS Grahame Reinthal, September 26 2011
- Re: Fuel Smell - 308 carbed GTS Doug and Terri Anderson, September 26 2011
- Re: Fuel Smell - 308 carbed GTS clyde romero, September 27 2011
- Re: Fuel Smell - 308 carbed GTS Doug and Terri Anderson, September 27 2011
- Re: Fuel Smell - 308 carbed GTS Grahame Reinthal, September 27 2011
- Re: Fuel Smell - 308 carbed GTS Doug and Terri Anderson, September 27 2011
- Re: Fuel Smell - 308 carbed GTS clyderomerof4, September 28 2011
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Re: Fuel Smell - 308 carbed GTS Doug and Terri Anderson, September 26 2011
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Re: Fuel Smell - 308 carbed GTS jimshadow, September 26 2011
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