gasoline smell while driving?

[buffalogirl]

Originally Posted by CTScott

Is the smell stronger when you move the air supply knob to outside air instead of recirculate? If so, and with the smell being stronger with the car running, I would have the fuel system connections under the hood checked ASAP.

You can just pop the hood and see if there is a strong gas smell, or evidence of gas having been sprayed.

Two summers ago, one of my neighbors had his Buick go up in flames in the driveway. He had recently had it serviced and the mechanic failed to properly tighten the connection to the fuel rail after cleaning the injectors.

I have only had it on outside air, so I don't know if there's a difference in how strong the smell is.

Can I check to see if the smell is there 4 hours after shutting the car off, or do I have to drive it first and check right after? The smell doesn't always start right away (today it was about 10 mins into my drive), but I could go out on my lunch break and run it for a while to see if it starts to smell again.

Could the connection loosen just from driving around? I noticed the smell before getting my oil changed, but thought it was a truck I drove by.

Thanks for the help!