i smell gas when i first start my car in the morning. i haven't found any visible leaks and the smell is getting in the car. there is no smell when sitting or after its been driven. i do have the notorious busted manifold bolt on the front and rear exhaust manifolds could this be the problem?

 

It's cold this time of year and your fuel lines are old. There's a sticky about this if you want to check it out, but there's no cause for concern.

 

http://forums.maxima.org/3rd-generat...gas-vents.html


Click ^^^

 

don't use a lighter to check

but yes the link has your answers.

 

There's no cause for concern assuming you fix it. I've seen a scary number of 3 gens in the junkyard with engine fires. I can only assume that the two most common underhood issues (leaking fuel lines and leaking exhaust manifolds) have something to do with that...

Get it fixed ASAP before you burn your car to the ground...


But no, there's no cause for concern.

It's not a $$ fix, but a necessary one.

 

thanks for the advise. i will check it saturday. what is the likely hood that it is the lines on the fuel rail? i have plenty of 5/16 fuel line. no issue there

 

FUEL INJECTION fuel line..right?

 

I dont want to pull my IM if i dont have to yet

 

You will have to pull the IM..

 

Make sure you have new IM gaskets handy and a razor blade to scrape pieces of the old one off.

And what I meant by 'there is no cause for concern' is that just because you smell a bit of gas vapor doesn't necessarily mean you have a leak where liquid is making its way out of the fuel line. Sometimes that's the case, but not always.

 

I smell gas but didn't hear it.

 

Silent but deadly

 

replaced the filter lines and its better..

thank you

 

The lines under the manifold are visible without pulling the manifold. If you didn't loko at them when you changed the filter lines, at least take a looksee and make sure the injector rail lines aren't showing signs of leakage. It will be obvious when you see it if there is any leakage present. takes 2 min to look...

 

take deep breaths and light matches within 10 min.

 

Took the few minutes and they look good no viable seepage. i think i had replaced them 3 years ago with my first set of new injector ( not Bosch obviously since i had to replace them again! )

but they look fine. thank you for the help guys