Sounds like a leaking fuel-line, which is located under the car. On the driver's side...IIRC.
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'79 Continental Town Car
'90 Crown Victoria LTD
'94 Crown Victoria -
you could also have a rusted out filler neck (like I had to deal with on my Mark VI). little hole in that just inside the fender grommet and you'll have no end of fuel vapor smell. Opening a window will increase the smell and it will be strongest in the trunk.
that little patch that's circled is where the pinhole was on my filler neck. don't go ripping up the grommet like I accidentally did. There's 4 screws that hold that thing in place. Just take those out and carefully flex the grommet back a little to check that. and yes... getting to those screws is a pain in the ass.
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Albert Einstein
rides: 93 Crown Vic LX (The Red Velvet Cake), 2000 Crown Vic base model (Sandy), 2003 Expedition (the vacation beast)
Originally posted by gadget73
... and it should all work like magic and unicorns and stuff.
Originally posted by dmccaig
Overhead, some poor bastards are flying in airplanes.Comment
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hmm, I'll have to check that.
85 4 door 351 Civi Crown Victoria - Summer daily driver, sleeper in the making, and wildly inappropriate autocross machine
160KMs 600cfm holley, shorty headers, 2.5" catted exhaust, 255/295 tires, cop shocks, cop swaybars, underdrive pulley, 2.73L gears.
waiting for install: 3.27's, Poly bushings, boxed rear arms, 2500 stall converter, ported e7's, etc
06 Mazda 3 hatch 2.3L 5AT (winter beater that cost more than my summer car)Comment
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Hey guys;
I'm new here but I recently had to replace the gas tank in my 89 GM. It turned out to be a huge all night pain in the $&*.
The car has a large grommet around the filler neck where it goes into the tank. It has gotten hard and crusty over time, and no longer makes a seal. I don't know for sure but you may have a similar prob. There is also a hole in the top of the tank for the breather tube that has another grommet that can leak. Good luck finding replacements for those parts.Comment
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dealers can still get the filler pipe grommets. the breather grommets are probably also available as well, but if not, can be sourced at any hardware store that carries grommets since it's not that big.
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Albert Einstein
rides: 93 Crown Vic LX (The Red Velvet Cake), 2000 Crown Vic base model (Sandy), 2003 Expedition (the vacation beast)
Originally posted by gadget73
... and it should all work like magic and unicorns and stuff.
Originally posted by dmccaig
Overhead, some poor bastards are flying in airplanes.Comment
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