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Old 10-31-2009, 04:17 PM
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The other day I was driving in fairly heavy traffic and all of a sudden there was a strong gas smell. It continued for 10 minutes or so and I stopped and opened the hood. Couldn't see a leak or smell anything.
I drove off and again smelled gas. It went away after about 15 minutes. Anybody got an idea what that was all about?
 
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Old 10-31-2009, 07:40 PM
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How much gas did you have in the tank?
 
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Old 11-01-2009, 07:41 AM
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Maybe a quarter of a tank.
 
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Old 11-01-2009, 10:32 AM
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My jag did the same thing. The original canister purge valve can some times spring a leek. The valve is located in your driver side fender. There is a new updated style available that eliminates this.

I would be driving and come to a stop and get a strong smell of gas.

There is a tech bulletin about it.
 
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Old 11-01-2009, 12:50 PM
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How often did this happen
 
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Old 11-01-2009, 01:40 PM
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Red face gas smell

it happened almost every day, and it did not throw a code for a hell of a long time.

Shot me a PM with your email and i will send you the Jag tech bulletin about it.
 
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