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Subject:Re: Gas smell
From:B Feddish
Date:Mon, 28 Feb 2011 22:04:25 -0500

No cracks, etc.  Smelling around the van doesn't help. It seems to "go away"
right after smelling it.  It's like a big whiff when you come towards the
van then you can't smell it anywhere around the van after that.

Bryan

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Sullivan
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 8:46 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Gas smell

Hpw about the filler tube?  Could it be seperated or cracked?  Can you smell
around the van and localize it?  Good luck.
Michael in San Antonio
91GL Weekender AT 2.1L 'Gringo'

On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 5:46 PM, B Feddish
<uprightbassghost@hotmail.com>wrote:

> I've got an ongoing problem with the smell of gas. It's one of those
> things
> where you walk up to the van  and smell it but then after that you can
> walk
> around the the van and not smell where it�s coming from. The van is
> currently in my  garage while the rust treatment cures and the garage
> smells
> like gas now.  A little history, this smell started about a year ago.
>  Every
> single gas line in the van has been replaced and even the gas tank was
> replaced last summer.  I had the smell before and I still have it.  This
> is
> driving me nuts. I've been over the  whole van with a flashlight, there is
> no visible sign of a leak.  The smell is worse the hotter it is. It does
> not
> matter if the tank is full or near empty.
>
> Any thoughts on finding this?
>
> Thanks,
> Bryan
>