Peter, you might be on to something with the gas tank suggestions. The smell
has never been worse than this last time (still there after a week), and the
last thing I did before parking it was buy gas three miles back! Maybe I
need to pull the tank and replace the rubber parts in the fill neck. I'll
check for line leaks as you suggest, too.
PLEASE don't move to Florida!!!!! <grin>
Tom Zuchowski
'61 Bugeye
Clemmons, NC
-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Samaroo <mrbugeye@hotmail.com>
To: tzuchow@ibm.net <tzuchow@ibm.net>
Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, February 04, 1999 7:22 PM
Subject: Re: Gasoline Smell
>Hey Tom,
> Mine leaks a little from the jets If I let it sit too long and
>then drive it I guess the seals dry out a bit, But I have the original 1
>1/8 carbs with cork seals all over the place. Yours probably should not
>leak. Try this test for the gas smell. When you get home unplug the fuel
>pump or pinch off the feed line to the carbs and let it run till it dies
>outside, then push it in. If the smell is gone then it was probably your
>carbs. If the smell is still there it may be that your fuel tank has a
>hole in the top and while you are driving it splashes up on top of the
>tank and then evaporates and causes the smell in your garage especially
>if you keep the tank full. If the original tank has been replaced with a
>later model check the condition of the rubber connecting hose between
>the fill neck and the tank, also if it is a later tank from an emission
>car there is a vent tube in the top of the tank that used to go to the
>vapor separator and it may not be capped properly allowing fuel to slosh
>out onto the top of the tank. Also check all the fuel lines with the
>pump running to make sure there is not a leak somewhere in the line
>puddling up in the frame, I have seen this on cars where the fuel line
>was run through the trans tunnel.
>Hope this helps.
>Peter S.
>
>
>>From: "Tom Zuchowski" <tzuchow@ibm.net>
>>To: "Spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
>>Subject: Gasoline Smell
>>Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1999 05:36:12 -0500
>>Reply-To: "Tom Zuchowski" <tzuchow@ibm.net>
>>
>>My '61 Bugeye with 1275 engine runs well, but after driving it, the
>garage
>>smells strongly of gasoline for several days afterwards. I do not smell
>>anything while driving, and have checked for leaks. The only gas I find
>is
>>on the bottom of the jets. I only find it under the carbs; the float
>bowl
>>connection is dry.
>>
>>Is it normal for the jets to seep gas? If not, what can I do about it?
>I
>>just rebuilt them last spring and put new parts kits in them.
>>
>>Tom Zuchowski
>>'61 Bugeye
>>Clemmons, NC
>>
>
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