[VB] gasoline smell

[Rusty May]

Bob, not stupid at all.  I hadn't thought of that until a few days ago when
I was standing next to a 5 gal fuel container.   I noticed the gas smell
and a light bulb went off over my head (did not ignite any fumes).  So I
moved all the fuel containers out of the garage for a night - still smelled
the gas coming from the back of the bus, so that wasn't the answer.  But
that should have been the first thing I tried.

Thanks,
Rusty

On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 6:54 PM, Bob Pratt <ka1dza at verizon.net> wrote:

> I know this may sound stupid, but did you check any gasoline you may store
> in your garage?
>
> Bob
>
> > On Aug 28, 2016, at 9:15 PM, Rusty May <rusty.may at gmail.com> 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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