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Old Aug 30, 2007 | 02:35 AM
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Car: 88 GTA "Cocaine"
Engine: 350 tpi
Transmission: 700r4
Axle/Gears: 3.27
gas smell but no leaks

I have a rich running motor but I cant figure it out

if I drive for a while and shut her down I get a bad gas smell but I cannot find a leak

Its pretty much all new and i am starting to think that it is the injectors leaking after I shut it down

I was wondering if anyone else had a problem like this
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Old Aug 30, 2007 | 10:02 AM
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From: St. Louis, Missouri
Car: 1989 Firebird Formula
Engine: 383 Stealth Ram
Transmission: 700R4
Axle/Gears: 3.73 9 bolt Posi
Re: gas smell but no leaks

I drove mine a few times and smelled gas... looked all over for leaks and couldn't find any.

One day, the motor hydro-locked (wouldn't roll over cause a cylinder was full of fuel). I took the plugs out one-by-one until fuel poured out of one of the spark plug holes. Thus the new Ford injectors in my sig
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Old Sep 3, 2007 | 01:25 PM
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Car: 1989 IROC-Z
Engine: L98 350
Transmission: New 700r4 Done by 11/14/07!
Re: gas smell but no leaks

I'd definitely take a look at your injectors. It sounds like the same thing that happened to me. I got some Accel's, but should have gotten the Ford.
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