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Old 02-22-2003, 06:51 PM
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Default Smell of gas in the car after filling up...

Has anyone ever seen this before? Its happened the last two times I've filled up -- the car ends up smelling like gas until I've driven 20-30 miles... not strong enough to get a buzz on or anything, just a definite odor of gasoline...

No spilled gas or anything from the nozzle, and there hasn't been any DTCs...
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Gas on your shoes maybe?
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Do you let your engine run while filling up?
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Unless its all over the ground, no...
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No. That would throw a DTC anyway.
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Default Re: Smell of gas in the car after filling up...

I had the same problem and it took two visits to the dealer to find the cause. The first time they said they could not find anything.

After I filled up, I had the same smell and I went back to the dealer. They filled up the tank and they finally found the problem. A gasket had to be replaced.

Tell them to look again at the cas tank and test all the gaskets.
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