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ThomasJoseph315 · Guest

I'm fairly certain it's the filler neck seeing that it's 40 years old. it's really bad near the rear vents near the window. Anyone ever experience this?

I know auto-parts stores have generic filler necks anyone every use those? What size?

Any advice? thanks!

ThomasJoseph315 · Guest

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-924-944-968-technical-forum/292945-fuel-smell-after-fueling-up-where-heck-coming.html

I just found several other possibilities with the vent hose, I'll check that now

Still checking

!tom · Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2014 4:08 pm Post subject:

Could be the vent hoses on the top of the tank, or the fuel sender O-ring. . .
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ThomasJoseph315 · Guest

Any reference points to check?

Rasta Monsta · Joined: 12 Jul 2006 Posts: 11733 Location: PacNW

Crakced tank.
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!tom · Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2014 2:42 am Post subject:

That diagram looks like it might be for a 944. It's different.

The fuel sender gasket is on the right side too, and is the easiest thing to check from all possible causes. There's an access hole for it.
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staticsan · Joined: 19 Jan 2009 Posts: 450 Location: Sydney, Australia

If I stop at the first click, the fuel level is at the top of the tank. If I keep going, it will start filling the neck. Once I stopped filling past the first click, I have much less of a petrol smell in the cabin afterwards.

YMMV, of course.

Wade.
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!tom · Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2014 9:49 am Post subject:

That was my experience exactly 'till I fixed it.
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sbarc · Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2014 6:45 pm Post subject:

I had this problem on a Toyota station wagon......it turn out to be loose hose claps on the rubber hoses for the fuel filler neck.

You might want to check that the hose clamps are tight.
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ThomasJoseph315 · Guest

ThomasJoseph315 · Guest

just took some throttle body cleaner and sprayed around the area, you can definitely tell an improvement. Before it smelled really bad there like gas. I wasn't sure if it was the top of the tank or not. my nose is a little burned out from smelling fumes atm. I left the cover and the hatch open to air out. I'll go back out there in an hour or so.

Wish me luck!

ThomasJoseph315 · Guest

Just got back from the gas station. I left all the covers off and watched it as I filled it up. I smelled no gas

hellz yea!

I still smell a faint smell of gas, but you really got to stick your nose right down in there. I think it's just simple residual or the fuel pump slightly leaking. In either event, I'm no longer scared if someone lights a cigar in my car, lol.

by any chance can these fuel pumps be rebuilt? like is there an O-Ring that goes bad in them? I don't have the funds for a new fuel pump atm. It's more less damp, not dripping at this point, so I am not to worried.

sbarc · Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2014 6:06 pm Post subject:

When I has this problem on the Toyota station wagon....the whole car smelled like there was a liter og gas spilt inside....once I tightened the loose hose clamps on the filler neck...the smell slowly went away. Gas smell does tend to linger a little bit ...maybe a few days or longer. I was quite pleased when this simple fix solved my problem.....it could be this was your issue. If the smell of gas is more or less gone in 1 week then I would say this was your problem.

It does seem like this was the cause or a big part of the cause.

Good luck.
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1981 931 (Canadian car)
1981 931 (US car)
1990 928GT (ROW car)
1991 Toyota MR2
1989 Toyota MR2 Super Charged
1985 Toyota Supra
1973 Triumph GT6
1971 Opel GT