gas fumes

by **RichD978** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 4:33 am

sometimes after i drive when i get out of the car, i notice a strong aroma of gas coming from the gas cap area. and this is always around when im less than quarter tank full.

Anyone have an idea as to why?!?

Serious replies only, no answers like the car is telling me to fill up :drinking:

by **Paladin06Greg** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 5:16 am

Check the seal on your gas cap. It may dryed out and cap replacement necessary.

RichD978 wrote:sometimes after i drive when i get out of the car, i notice a strong aroma of gas coming from the gas cap area. and this is always around when im less than quarter tank full.

Anyone have an idea as to why?!?

Serious replies only, no answers like the car is telling me to fill up

by **Jackass-Jeff** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 8:08 am

the charcoal canister may be dead. if the seal was broken, you'd have emissions codes p0442,446 pop up. The charcoal canister doesn't always throw codes. If it does throw codes, it's similar to the 2 listed

by **RichD978** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 8:35 am

i believe ive gotten p0440. how much/hard is it to replace a charcoal canister as well as a gas cap? thanks guys

Website · by **SpeedSTARs** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 8:52 am

RichD978 wrote:i believe ive gotten p0440. how much/hard is it to replace a charcoal canister as well as a gas cap? thanks guys

I don't know the pricing on the Carbon Canister but, the gars cap is about 8 bucks at your local Autozone/ or Murrays auto parts shop. :wink:

by **RichD978** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 4:47 pm

^^ got one from toyota dealler for 17. turns out my gas cap i got with the car was not stock... it was red.. anyone else have a red cap opposed to the black toyota cap ? ill sell the red one on ebay as trd or sumthin :lol:

Website · by **SpeedSTARs** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 8:46 pm

RichD978 wrote:^^ got one from toyota dealler for 17. turns out my gas cap i got with the car was not stock... it was red.. anyone else have a red cap opposed to the black toyota cap ? ill sell the red one on ebay as trd or sumthin

Well, I got that same red fruit punch cap on the Solara from Autozone.

All I know is that it works with little cost. :wink:

by **RichD978** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 3:16 am

^^ Red fruit punch cap... ahha it doesn't seem to tighten or seal as good as the OEM toyota one. Have you noticed the difference?!?

by **Paladin06Greg** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 3:24 am

So the cap was the problem??

RichD978 wrote:^^ Red fruit punch cap... ahha it doesn't seem to tighten or seal as good as the OEM toyota one. Have you noticed the difference?!?

by **RichD978** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 3:26 am

im guessing yes, hadn't driven with the new one on yet

by **Jai_Jai_Binks** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 8:22 am

FYI: I've never seen a 'red' gas cap from toyota??
In Houston, to pass emmissions you need to replace you gas-cap every 7-8 years (at least thats been my exp - its not a hard and fast rule, but when you get to 7 year mark, they start testing gas-caps yearly). Eithercase, i'd like to see your red-cap in pics. Intresting...

Website · by **SpeedSTARs** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 9:09 am

RichD978 wrote:^^ Red fruit punch cap... ahha it doesn't seem to tighten or seal as good as the OEM toyota one. Have you noticed the difference?!?

Actualy it was quite the opposite... Where the red cap was a tighter fit that the OEM black cap. Now isn't that weird? :wink:

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