Gas Smell

[BuckPennell]

My Q45 runs great, idles perfect, accelerates great, everything. But from time to time when it's idling, or when I go around a turn at low speed I get a real strong gasoline smell inside the car. I've never found a leak. Any ideas?

[ProudNissanFreak]

Something wrong with the fuel pump, maybe? Worth checking it out.

[Q45ver]

Hi Buck, been there, fixed that. On mine it was especially noticable in colder weather. You will have to contort yourself a bit to look forward just in front of the firewall on the passenger side. On mine I could actually see the leak when I stared it cold. It is a small rubber fuel hose connecting to a steel portion of line. This was several years back and I had read that you had to take the plenom off. Not the case with mine, I was determined not to do this and succeeded in getting half a turn or so on the clamp. No problems since. I used a very long slim straight screw driver if I remember correctly.

Hope this helps.

[maxnix]

Actually there are 3 rubber hoses connecting the fuel lines there. A one foot section from Joe should suffice if you cut precisely, and it will be the correct ID which the Autozone ones will not.

Quite frankly, I don't know anyway to replace them and the attendant stainless steel clamps without removing the plenum which I am guessing hasn't occurred in quite a while.