[VB] gasoline smell

[c.dreike]

Rusty,
Indeed there is a limited number of place where gas can leak. How about 
the hoses? Did you examine the line where it passes through the sheet 
metal (tank to pump)? Always a danger that the sheet metal will 
eventually wear through the metal line if you have the original still in 
your bus, or a rubber line that was used to replace it. And as you said, 
maybe the sender seal or the vented gas cap. How about the vacuum line 
from the carb to the dizzy?

What carb are you using?

Chris
64 DD Kamper Kit
fuel injected with a 71 tank.


On 8/28/2016 6:15 PM, Rusty May wrote:
> About a month ago, I started getting a strong smell of gasoline in my
> garage when my bus was parked there.  No puddles anywhere, so I pulled the
> carb and fuel pump, but the smell persisted, and seemed to come from the
> gas tank.
>
> I had a similar problem about ten years ago and tracked it down then to a
> pinhole leak in the gas tank.  I had the tank sealed and that solved the
> problem.  So this past week, I pulled the tank, but didn't see any leaks.
> I put some fluorescent dye in the tank with some gas, but didn't find any
> leaks.  However, I still get the gas smell.
>
> Is it possible it's just fumes coming from the vented gas cap?  I've been
> using one of the vented NAPA caps for several years.  But I'm not sure why
> I didn't smell gas from the cap before.
>
> Any other things I should check?  Maybe the fuel sender gasket?  Come to
> think of it, I didn't slosh the gas around to see if any would leak there.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions....
>
> - Rusty
> 67 Westy
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