[silveres]

ok, my car has recently started to smell like gas real bad. i popped the hood and it seems the smell is coming from the throttlebody, the car is still runnin great, no sputtering or anything like that. any idea wut the problem may be?

[peva]

The fuel supply hose between engine and firewall is known for cracking and leaking. Why they haven't had a recall on it, I don't know.

[penco8]

I have a similar problem. But in my case only sometimes i smell gas from under the hood... i think i have a leaking injector... i have to cycle the keys 3times soo the engine can start right away... if not it will take like 20-30 seconds to start

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[silveres]

my car has no problem starting and haven't seen any drips, and the smell stays when running or while off.

[BatCaveTrep]

Maybe it is more of a fume leak, since you are seeing no liquid. Just an idea.

[silveres]

yea it's a real strong odor though, will give u a headache if u stand next to it long enough while parked, it's weird. so i'm thinkin it has to be leaking somewhere just not making it to the ground, doesn't appear to be affecting mileage either though.

[kmacas]

same thing happend on my 99 its your fuel hose the one inbweeting the engine and fire wall get it replaced i did it my self no prob but you should get a shop to do it if you cant do it

[silveres]

looks like it's in a bad place what is the easiest way to replace? has the 3.5 liter engine by the way

[Austin R/T]

I'm having the same issue.


So would it be the quick connect fuel line or the vapor line? And are they hard lines or just rubber? Is there a splice inbetween or does the entire line have to be replaced?

Please tell me this can be fixed without taking off the upper intake...

[kmacas]

Start the car and take a light and look at the fuel lines witch ever one is leaking its that one

[95intrepid99kid]

Don't the 1G's Have something similar?

[DrDodge]

the 3.5 have a recall on the injector "O" rings


now back to our regular thread,,

[BatCaveTrep]

You might just have to replace the piece between the connections; behind the intake and at gas tank. I had to replace the piece that attaches to #10 (cruise hose) and had to remove the cowl just to make things easier. The piece, its self, is metal but not sure about the ends.

[Austin R/T]

Well I took it in today and had it thrown up on a rack. Traced the lines and could see them from the bottom...not 100% sure I can get the fuel line from the top passenger side w/o taking the intake off. Maybe. Not sure. So far I've determined that driving 6 miles in 100 deg. heat makes the engine compartment unbearable to work on.

It looks like the vapor line is all metal with a rubber splice at the top. Any rubber lines are getting replaced..tired of fiddlefarting with this car this last week