[DMCForum] Re: Fuel smell

["therealdmcvegas" <dmcvegas@xxxxxxx>]

(Finally a slow enough day for me to reply, and catch up on some missed 
messages.)

Lots of DeLorean owners consider this normal. But it's really not. The 
problem here is every one wants to torque down the clamp that wraps 
around the boot, and holds the cap and fuel pump boot in place. As you 
start torquing down, the clamp begins to ride up, and will pull the 
bottom of the boot away from the tank lip, allowing vapors to vent out, 
when the fuel level is high enough to touch it.

The solution: Tighten the clamp only enough to hold the boot and cap 
into place. It should only take a few turns to be done. Otherwise, if 
you keep wrenching on the clamp trying to torque it down, you won't be 
able to. It'll just keep pulling up on the boot until it pops off.

-Robert



--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, DMCVIN6683 <dmcvin6683@xxxx> wrote:
> When i fill my tank with out spilling a drop of gas i usually smell 
gas 
> till the tank gets lower on fuel. I dont see any leaks.
> 
> Is this normal?
> 
> I did some research and it seems normal but i was wondering if it 
> really is normal?
> 
> Mark V

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