| You may have a dry-rotted rubber line somewhere in the vent system.  An open
vent system would produce strong gasoline fumes but you would not see any
fuel leak.  Trace the lines from the canister and inspect them for
damage/dry-rot.
Stephen I. Early
Portfolio Conversions
Technology Sector-MBNA America
302.457.4788
800.441.7048 x74788
stephen.early@mbna.com
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From: lists@autox.team.net [mailto:lists@autox.team.net]
Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 01:54
To: bricklin@autox.team.net
Subject: Forwarded: Fuel Vapor
For some reason this was sent to me rather than bricklin@autox.team.net.
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     From: "Kevin Rodgers" <krodgers@nautel.com>
     Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 23:02:05 -0400
     Subject: Fuel Vapor 
For the last few weeks I have been trying to find the source of a gas 
smell coming from my car.  The smell of gas is very strong 12 hours 
after I stop the car.  The smell then goes away until I drive the car 
again.  Any ideas?  I have looked and looked and can't see anything.
Should/can  the Fuel Vapor Storage Canister be serviced?
I don't know enough about how a carburetor works to know if the 
problem could be something wrong with it.  However, the car runs fine.
Kevin Rodgers
Vin 2824
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