Gas odor,

[Crown75]

Greetings,


I’m a new member I live in Colorado Springs, Colorado; I just took delivery last Sunday night of a 03 300A Marauder, VIN #2mehm75v13x611695, one owner, all stock, 33,000 miles, all paper work included. Car is very nice, very clean had really bad or strong gas odor in car when I picked it up. Got it home aired it out, I know they filled the gas tank before loading the car onto car hauler, car spent 12 hours on car hauler from Missouri to Colorado Springs, Colorado. Monday I washed it and drove it down the freeway 40 miles or so to bring the gas level down in the tank, car runs strong no hesitation or stumble but gas smell has returned after parking it. I’ve been crawling around under it and looking at gas lines, tank filler tube, gas cap, and tank itself not seeing anything real obvious. Gas odor is coming from rear of car. Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks
Crown75

[CBT]

No idea, but welcome to the site. :beer:

[Krytin]

The evap canister/cartrige is mounted on the bottom of the trunk.
Look for possible damage/hoses off/leaks in this area.

[Blackened300a]

I spilled a little gas out of a gas can in the trunk. The smell lasted a few weeks so it's possible that the carpeting in the trunk has a little gas on it.

[Shaijack]

Casey or PonyUp maybe hiding in the trunk, releasing gas....

[IwantmyMMnow!]

He's probably smelling the stink cloud PonyUp released in Looseville...it's drifted all the way around the globe by now...:lol:

Congrats on your new MM, Crown75...welcome to the club!

[PonyUP]

He's probably smelling the stink cloud PonyUp released in Looseville...it's drifted all the way around the globe by now...:lol:

Congrats on your new MM, Crown75...welcome to the club!

Yup, received an EPA warning today for those emissions, they attributed 142 deaths to me and I'm now a national crisis


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[Richy04]

Pull my finger...

Give it a few days, sounds like it was overfilled or on a slant with a full tank on the carrier. If you don't have a CEL on the evap/purge system is good then it's prob a flooded evap system
And it will take a few days to purge itself of fuel.

[Crown75]

Thank you for your input. I'm not sure what the CEL is, but it does seem to be subsiding.

[Bluerauder]

Thank you for your input. I'm not sure what the CEL is, but it does seem to be subsiding.

CEL = Check Engine Light

[MMBLUE]

Yup, received an EPA warning today for those emissions, they attributed 142 deaths to me and I'm now a national crisis


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[PonyUP]

I was wondering what that wind burst and cloud of smoke that came through late last night in Afghanistan was. The picture is clear to me now. IT WAS YOU !

Yup, just got a Presidential commodation for that one. The Pres said because of my efforts, we could pull out of Afghanistan early :)


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[IwantmyMMnow!]

Yup, just got a Presidential commodation for that one. The Pres said because of my efforts, we could pull out of Afghanistan early :)


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[NXSBOB]

Car for sale on Ebay.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mercury-Other-Marauder-Sedan-Rare-Car-Low-Miles-Carfax-Certified-2003-MARAUDER-ONLY-34k-ORIGINAL-/261551028898?forcerrptr=true&hash=item3ce5a7faa2&item=261551028898&pt=US_Cars_Trucks

[Guittard22]

My gas filler neck was the issue with my crown Vic that had a bad smell of gas in the back end . That part is not cheap 375 I think it was from ford .

[RF Overlord]

Ancient thread alert.

[NXSBOB]

Ancient thread alert.
Yes and no.
Car is for sale.

[Zack]

With a Vin # that low, it was probably built in the first week?

[WhatsUpDOHC]

Colorado Springs to Richmond, VA in two years and only added 1K miles.