# Crawl under the car with a match and start looking. ;-) -->

Posted by Matt (93SE) on September 13, 2002 at 12:26:40:

In Reply to: Gas Fumes...-> posted by DaBoxSE on September 13, 2002 at 10:18:52:

well you know not to use a match, but the best thing to do is start looking under the car. jack that puppy up and look to see if you can find any cracked (and leaking) hoses, of clean spots anywhere near the gas tank to indicate where it's been leaking. Since gasoline is a great solvent of most road grime, the place that's leaking will probably look pretty clean.

It could also be a failed fuel pump gasket, so you may want to pull the cover off from inside the car and check to make sure the fuel pump parts haven't moved or gotten a hole in them.

Have you hit any large bumps or run over anything lately? could even be a hole poked in the tank somewhere, but I doubt that. you'd notice a leak like that pretty quick. (like the next morning when your tank was empty)

: I am ALWAYS smelling gas fumes when I get out of my car. Even with the car just idling but its the strongest right after I turn the car off. Its near the rear of the car. I went to Nissan and asked about the filler neck recall and they didn't find it for my Vin#. I looked at the filler neck section and didnt see any corrosion, and there are no leaks anywhere. Any ideas what to do?

Replys:

- Match? why didn't I think of that?! lol. DaBoxSE (93 SE 5spd) 14:48:40 9/13/2002 (0)

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: well you know not to use a match, but the best thing to do is start looking under the car. jack that puppy up and look to see if you can find any cracked (and leaking) hoses, of clean spots anywhere near the gas tank to indicate where it's been leaking. Since gasoline is a great solvent of most road grime, the place that's leaking will probably look pretty clean. : It could also be a failed fuel pump gasket, so you may want to pull the cover off from inside the car and check to make sure the fuel pump parts haven't moved or gotten a hole in them. : Have you hit any large bumps or run over anything lately? could even be a hole poked in the tank somewhere, but I doubt that. you'd notice a leak like that pretty quick. (like the next morning when your tank was empty) : : : I am ALWAYS smelling gas fumes when I get out of my car. Even with the car just idling but its the strongest right after I turn the car off. Its near the rear of the car. I went to Nissan and asked about the filler neck recall and they didn't find it for my Vin#. I looked at the filler neck section and didnt see any corrosion, and there are no leaks anywhere. Any ideas what to do?