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Heavy Petrol Smell After I Changed My Injectors

MrKenny

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I just changed my RB25DET injectors to 740cc Tomei injectors. I am having a really really heavy petrol smell when i drive/stop/idle my car, is this normal? its really heavy petrol smell, no joke............my whole house can smell it if i didnt close the door to the garage when i get home........ any other way to make it not smell that heavy?

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DOesnt sound tuned properly if its running rich as hell.

Do you have a cat converter?

pretty sure i have a cat converter , i have to ask my mechanic about that man, if he tuned it running too rich..i probably need to ask him retune it.....i will give him a call tomorrow to make sure! thanks

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The fuel indicates leaking injector seals. Leaked fuel vaporize and you smell it through the cabinet. It will likely to leak or leak more violently under high boost pressure.

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The fuel indicates leaking injector seals. Leaked fuel vaporize and you smell it through the cabinet. It will likely to leak or leak more violently under high boost pressure.

haha that was freaky, didnt read the whole thread before posting.. identical thoughts just worded different!

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The fuel indicates leaking injector seals. Leaked fuel vaporize and you smell it through the cabinet. It will likely to leak or leak more violently under high boost pressure.

i smell it in and out of my car...............driving me crazy man!! so smelly!!!!!!!!!

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champ if it is leaking from the injectors, the smell could be the least of your worries if your still driving this vehicle.. fire is a mutha f*ka in your pride and joy

get it sorted asap.

fire? are you serious?lol........i need to wait till next mon or tues to get it check man but i still need to drive this beast to work tomorrow!

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If fuel is absolutely pissing out at the injector (but we don't know where yet), it's possible fuel can get inside the injector plug and start a spark that will ignite the fuel in the enginebay.

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If fuel is absolutely pissing out at the injector (but we don't know where yet), it's possible fuel can get inside the injector plug and start a spark that will ignite the fuel in the enginebay.

from what i see, there is no fuel/oil leaking around my injector......but i cant see some of them ...its inside the thing.......

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If you paid a mechanic to install these injectors, you should take it back to him to find the source of the smell.

And yes, the smell is vapor. Vapor is the thing point in which fuel goes boom best.

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If you paid a mechanic to install these injectors, you should take it back to him to find the source of the smell.

And yes, the smell is vapor. Vapor is the thing point in which fuel goes boom best.

yea taking it back tomorrow for them to check , i can smell it really heavy in my car as well.....not just outside the car :S

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