AndyK

I was checking my spare tire situation, when I noticed a felt patch glued to the hatch floor, under the foam/carpet . I lifted it, and found a plastic lid stuck to the felt. Must have discovered the fuel lines coming from the gas tank? Boy, it smells from gas pretty bad.

Is it normal to lift that cap and smell gas, or might there be a leak or something? I notice the cabin smells a little from gas when sitting in the garage overnight...do I have a problem, or is this another "feature" the 944s have??

MartinT

Andy

I get a gas smell when the tank is near full. Do you get this all the time or just after a fill-up.

Why don't I carry my digital cam with me, keep meanning to snap a pic of the fuel filler and check with you guys on here if the rubber boot/seal looks like it's in place write.

Another reason to carry my camera, was so I could have snapped the pic of the Lambo Gallardo, sitting outside a golf club in my area.

AndyK

Most of the time Martin. I replaced the hatch and door seals...and sometimes it's fine. But then there are times it has a distinct smell of gas. And not right after fill up...my tank is half empty.

Campeck

pessimist

AndyK

Actually, I'm an optomist--the guage reads 1/4!!

Yabo

i get gas smell if i fill full. did you guys check if there is gas trailing out your cap? if the o ring is bad gas comes out of there. believe me. my cap must be bad i filled once, went down a real windy road..... got out cuz i smelt gas.. saw streaks down my rear fender from the cap area....

atinybug

andy: that thing u discovered is the sensor for how much fuel u have left. it might be not sealed properly or something. oh yea, and if u clean that sensor (there's a write-up in clark's garage) ur fuel gauge will read accurately

AndyK

Ah. That sensor! I actually think my guage itself is the problem. When I bash on the dash over the instrument cluster, the gas guage reads true for a minute, then falls back to the wrong lower reading. Must be the guage contacts at the cluster...right?

Chris_924s

Make sure the battery is disconnected prior to working on anything electrical near the gas tank...

My seal on my filler neck is cracked, but obviously still sealing - I dont get any (and never have) any fuel smell in the cabin.

AndyK

I'll check the seal...but isn't that outside the cabin, between the fender and the open air?

Luis de Prat

Andy, BTDT.

My S2 had this problem and it was driving me crazy because I couldn't figure out what was causing the fuel smell. It's a fuel line from the tank. The rubber is worn and leaking. Your fuel mileage probably isn't very good, either, right?

Couldn't tell you exactly which, because my father has the car in Europe and I was overseas when he had it fixed, but I remember he had to order a fuel line from Germany.

In tracking this down, I personally replaced the charcoal emissions canister inside the driver side fender, with no improvement.

Good luck with it.

AndyK

Fuel line, eh? Is this an expensive repair? No way I'M gonna mess with fuel lines myself!

Also, I am getting lame gas milage...around 20mpg I think, maybe even less. Is the fuel just leaking out and spilling in the street as I drive, or what?

Luis de Prat

Pretty much, yes. We had it repaired by a shop, but I remember the part was special ordered because the dealer didn't have it. The car's performance improved somewhat, also, because of the better fuel pressure from the new line.

My S2 had around 138K when it was finally replaced, and my father's fuel bills dropped considerably.

Luis de Prat

And it did, although sporadically, getting worse as the fuel line degraded.

If you look at my sig, I also own a 1983 944 and am familiar with what you're referring to. That's more of a tank ventilation problem. The issue with the S2 was a fuel line and the degree that the smell is noticeable depends on how badly the fuel line is leaking. In my car, it would smell after the car had sat overnight.

Charlie

Andy and Martin
I bought an 86 a few months ago and have just got it running. I took it on its first trip Sunday, and when I filled up the inside of the car smelled like gas. After driving a while I did not notice the smell. Yesterday I looked for the problem. I opened the hatch and popped the little plugs that hold the carpeted panel on the right side, just below the hatch. When you pull the carpet back you will find a couple of plastic hoses that go from the gas fill line to somewhere. The big white plastic hose plugs into another line between the hatch and cubby hole. Mine had come unplugged and I reattached them. I hope this is where the smell is coming from but have not refilled to find out.