Fuel smell...

[Sin'sVr4]

OK, so i did a vac reduction a long time ago, and got rid of the charcoal canister. thing is i smell fuel fumes pretty reguarly. Is there a way to make it not smell as much. only smell it when im driving and windows down. I was told a will smell the vapors alot more if i remove the canister. I checked all my injectors, fuel lines and there is absolutely no leaks or anyhting. Just wondering if anyone else smells this also. (i also put a new OEM filter in this when I went to E85). Thanks for any replies

Mike

[mb3000]

What fuel line do you use?

[Sin'sVr4]

STM braided from pump tp filter and SS from filter to rail

[mb3000]

If your SS line isn't Teflon coated on the inside the vapors will escape.

[Sin'sVr4]

i bought the SS from jason at pmp couple yrs ago and i have the actual lines from austins set up.

[Chris@Rvengeperformance]

I had the same problem. I put the canister back in and no more smell.

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[Frostedbutts]

Do you have a cat? My newer car isn't a 3S, but once I added a cat the E85 fuel smell went down considerably, but still really noticeable.

[Roybatty]

I am gutted precats and no cat and vac reduction...and I can smell some fumage here and there also. Not too worried about it. The wife complains sometimes. Kids don't care.

I do have a line from the tank that I hook into passenger side wheel well.

[Sin'sVr4]

no cats and gutted precats. Its gotta be the ss lines. i honestly dont even know where or how the canister goes.

[Toni]

I had a setup that would make the garage smell. This was with regular SS lines and charcoal canister left open. I changed out the line to teflon coated and no more smell. A year later I removed the charcoal canister and still no smell. I would also note, with either setup I did not smell any fuel while driving.

[AWDBoostin]

I have the same problem also. Stock fuel lines, happened as soon as I removed the charcoal canister and did a vac. reduction. I would just put the canister back in but I removed the fuel vent hard line from inside the engine bay and I don't have the canister anymore.

I tested out just plugging the vent and it only made it a little better. I noticed no pressure in the tank. So that must mean I have a leak somewhere. I'm guessing the the fuel pump bulkhead? (Fuel Vapor leak, I have no actual gas leaks)

[a2j]

possible solution, that I did not try it myself yet. disconnect front end of the hose from that little blue thing/filter next to fuel pump connector in the back. hook a 5-10inch house to it and just hide it somewhere in the back of the car. this way, vapors wont leak in the front of the car. also, I only get smells when fuel is warm.