Why does my car smell like gas?

[smug]

My car has always had a slight gas smell to it that was really un-noticeable until I parked it at my new house and the garage is pretty air tight. My old garage had some air movement so I guess I never noticed the smell. Now my garage stinks like gas... bad. I have not puddles of gas or really and visible leaks. I have my Evap hacked off so I was wondering it that can smell that badly or if I should look into another issue. What are some other common point that I should check out?

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[Chester Copperpot]

Cats? EVAP would play a role in it. No cats would definitely be a reason why.

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

yes if the evap solenoid line is open where it does/used to connect to the evap purge solenoid it will vent fuel vapor into the garage.

when you park it and shut it off the fuel in the rails can boil and help push out fuel vapor

if your worried about it leave the purge solenoid in there but dont hook the outlet line to the engine

 

[Mike K]

EVAP... My wife's XC90 has an EVAP leak and it smells like a gas station on the outside of it.

 

[smug]

Alright cool

I am gonna have to get some sort of evap on there.

 

[PANDA]

I plugged my EVAP ports

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

if you want just block it off as the system can vent through the evap vent solenoid in the cannister. some days/times you may notice it vent builtup fumes when you pop the cap to refill the tank

 

[Handsome Jesus]

put a cigarette butt in the cut off line. james tells me that all the time.

I would also +1 the evap smell. yucky.

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

you dont have to cut off the quick connect fitting to shove a cig filter in there.

i love fuel fumes

 

[smug]

Fuck it. I'll just cap that line and call it a day

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

if the quick connect end is still on it you can cut off the smooth shank of a bolt and plug it so you can reverse it down the road if need be

 

[02BlueGT]

I just cut the plastic Evap line off the metal line back by the brake booster. Then you put a Vacuum cap (like the ones from a Vato Zone Help section) on the metal line.

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