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Old 07-08-2014, 05:43 AM
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Default Smells like gas in garage

Can't find what is causing my garage to smell like gasoline. I can not smell any gas at all under the hood or sometimes maybe faintly under the truck. The smell under the truck could be oil. Every morning the garage smells of gas when I have the Ranger parked inside. Been 3 days since I replaced the fuel pump sending unit and filler neck. Filler neck did have small cracks but don't know if that could have caused some leaks. Yesterday I replaced the charcoal in the canister according to this thread: http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/...d.php?t=390605. Gas cap is new. Fuel filter is maybe a year old.

My next step is to replace the canister purge solenoid when it arrives. Spray and wash the underside of the truck in case maybe some gas dripped out during the fuel pump change. May also replace the rubber hoses by the fuel filter area and charcoal canister. Take the ranger out of the garage for a few days and drive it everyday. Then try it again.

Anything else I am missing?
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Old 07-08-2014, 05:49 AM
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Maybe something else in the garage is leaking gas
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Old 07-08-2014, 05:53 AM
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Default Re: Smells like gas in garage

The only thing with a gas tank in my one car garage is the Ranger. Mower is parked in a shed. When I have a different vehicle parked inside this doesn't occur.
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Old 07-08-2014, 06:52 AM
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Did you put the new seal on top of the tank for the pump? You may have nicked the seal causing the smell.
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Old 07-08-2014, 07:04 AM
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New seal on the top. I smell a very faint gas smell underneath the truck. Up near the tail end of the transmission and almost like its going from on top of the tank. Its very very faint. Could be gas spilled from changing the pump. Just don't know. I may end up dropping the tank, inspecting the tank, inspecting the lines.
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Old 08-10-2015, 03:06 PM
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Summer has returned and still never really resolved this gas smell. I have replaced the filler neck, gas cap, charcoal in the canister, fuel injectors and seals (had several clogged ones), fuel pump assembly, and even one of the ends of the lines that go to the tank. I have also installed a one-way valve on the vent line (so know it has 2 vent valves). Still have gas smell. Thinking it may be the seals in the ends of the lines. This is the 2nd summer that its been in the garage and its not as bad as before but still has a smell.
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