<VV> Strong smell of raw gas inside of car

[J R Read_HML]

Leaky filler neck - you sloshed the gas to the left side and some spilled 
out.  OR, did you replace the cap at the last fill up?  Is it still sitting 
on the pump back at the station?

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Later, JR

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Russ Moorhouse" <corvair65 at verizon.net>
To: "VV" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 8:39 PM
Subject: <VV> Strong smell of raw gas inside of car


> Any ideas what could cause this.  I had never had this happen before:
>
> I took my Corvair out for a shake down cruise after installing a new 
> exhaust system.  There were no exhaust leaks on this system, so that's not 
> the problem.  After driving the car a good ten miles, I made a quick sharp 
> right, almost 180 turn and after that the smell of raw gasoline was very 
> strong in the car.  The two front windows were down and the back windows 
> were up.  It was so bad, I stopped the car and checked to see if any of 
> the carbs where overflowing - a problem I recently had with a secondary. 
> There was no gas smell and no sign of anything wrong in the engine 
> compartment, nor could I find any signs of gas leaking anywhere under the 
> car.  I continued to drive the car for probably another 10 miles and the 
> smell persisted, but not as strong as it did at first.  I stopped at one 
> end of the island and lowered the back windows and never noticed the smell 
> again.
>
> The gas in the tank was about half full when this started
>
> Russ Moorhouse
> '65 Corsa coupe 140 HP
> Group Corvair Member
> Corsa Member
> Kent Island, MD
>
>
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