Smelling fuel

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86sen89240
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You know like when you drive home from filling up gas cans for the "mower"...I used to smell gas after topping off my tank , so i decided not to fill up completely. This method (dont fix it till u hav to!!!), has worked fine until today when i smelled it again with the tank at less than half full. Q eventhough the is no obvious sign of big leak aroung the fuel pump, could the be a fould gasket allowing vapor to escape into the trunk? Or might there be some evap type system from the gas tank that maybe failing from a bad hose or some type of blockage ?


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zach-Ka
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Car: 1990 240sx (SR)
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I just fixed this on my car two weeks ago, its the gas tank o-ring its $11 from nissan.

86sen89240
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I was hoping that it was something stupidely simple like that

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zach-Ka
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Gotta love it


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