Hi I am a proud new owner of a 1999 GX with 40,000 miles. I have owned it now for about a month. I have a gas smell that I have not been able to pin point, it is not random either like just after I have filled or on cold days or hot days (no hot days in Salt Lake Lately). When I close the doors and have the windows up within 24 Hrs or less you can smell the Gas.
This is what I have checked. (Please excuse my non technical term and fill free to add the technical terms)
The fuel filler connector: It had what looked like hard black plastic pieces in there so I got the long tweezers and pulled all that junk out. A few days later after I had filled up I was still smelling gas so I put a balloon over the filler connector and pulled it flat across the opening like a drum and put a little pin hole in the middle and brushed soapy water over the hole to look for bubbles. No luck. I did the same thing with the vent that is in the filler door and also no bubbles.
I took the back seat and the trunk cosmetic barrier out and have moved the rubber sleeve that covers the lines into the tank, and did the soapy water test on all the connections. No luck there either.
So Now What? Or where do I take it I already put more into it then expected (new plugs, wires, distributor cap and rotor). I live in Salt Lake City, Does Sno-Motion do diagnosis like this? I have seen there name on other forums.
Spencer
This is what I have checked. (Please excuse my non technical term and fill free to add the technical terms)
The fuel filler connector: It had what looked like hard black plastic pieces in there so I got the long tweezers and pulled all that junk out. A few days later after I had filled up I was still smelling gas so I put a balloon over the filler connector and pulled it flat across the opening like a drum and put a little pin hole in the middle and brushed soapy water over the hole to look for bubbles. No luck. I did the same thing with the vent that is in the filler door and also no bubbles.
I took the back seat and the trunk cosmetic barrier out and have moved the rubber sleeve that covers the lines into the tank, and did the soapy water test on all the connections. No luck there either.
So Now What? Or where do I take it I already put more into it then expected (new plugs, wires, distributor cap and rotor). I live in Salt Lake City, Does Sno-Motion do diagnosis like this? I have seen there name on other forums.
Spencer
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