Fuel Smell

[RCCC]

I can smell fuel near the right rear tire after a drive when the car is parked, I know it's close to the fuel cap, surprisingly there is no petrol smell near the cap, it's more from the tire section of the car. is this normal?

Thanks

[Hadouken]

Must be a skyline thing haah, I get that same smell when low on fuel.

But thats coz mines old .

One second of googleing

Fuel smell GTR

[Sarumatix]

lol wrong forum.

[Hadouken]

Huh?

Haha

[Martin Donnon]

Back on topic.....yes thats where the canister is to control tank pressure/emissions. In my experience its not an issue.

[RCCC]

Thanks Mark, just worried that the car might catch fire in Summer lol

Back on topic.....yes thats where the canister is to control tank pressure/emissions. In my experience its not an issue.

[GT-Ricer]

I can smell fuel near the right rear tire after a drive when the car is parked, I know it's close to the fuel cap, surprisingly there is no petrol smell near the cap, it's more from the tire section of the car. is this normal?

Thanks

Normal? No, Common? Yes.

It is the charcoal canister overflowing and spewing out the smell of fuel it was meant to trap. Stupid environmental regulations which demand you trap the smells coming from the fuel tank whilst you are outdoors, only to release them back into the atmosphere in the privacy of your own garage.

I have it too. I previously had the same issue in a Mercedes E55 AMG and they replaced the canister twice, the fuel lines and the fuel tank at $000's and still didn't fix it.

I am not holding my breath and expecting Nissan to be as generous (reckless) with their Factory Warranty budget...

Edited October 23, 2011 by GT-Ricer

[boiracer]

wregardless of car, this is incorrect. see to it. make nissan fix it before its to old and they blame it on some shit.

alll cars since forever (mid 80's) have a charcoal canister,

if you can smell it. its evaporating and wasting your money...fine in a really old car, that's part of the character.