CouzinX

not sure how to ask this one, but here goes it. i notice alot that when im driving,, i get that raw gas smell. pretty sure that i do NOT have an exhaust leak. one thing too, i drive a 5.0 vert, and not sure if im just getting more open air smells or what. could i have an air/fuel mixture issue, or is there something out there that i need to pay attention too. absolutely stock - no mods.

MattCA

could be running rich.

88BlueGT

Go get an adj. fuel reg and see what your running.

waxyourboard

What year? Could be... a gas leak maybe? lol, just a guess. In my old 67 it was the fuel filter that screwed right into the carb that was leaking gas.

rmodel65

i would check in to that i had an 87 gt that i bought it was converted to fuel injection because it had a gas leak and caught fire but other than that it was in great shape

CouzinX

its an 89 - fuel injected. would a bad egr or some other part of exhaust system issue be the problem??

88BlueGT

I dont think that the EGR would have anything to do with a smell like that.

Derf00

Nope, if it was EGR or Exhaust it would smell like rotton eggs (cats) or just a strong sour smell (EGR or cats), not gas.

1990mustanggt

Check around your fuel tank. I've got the same problem with my 1990 GT. I looked everywhere for the gas smell and finally found out that the gas tank was leaking around the hole where the fuel sender/pump is.

waxyourboard

Yeah, definitely check that, with a 19 year old car, it'd be no surprise to find some gasket/seal/rust problem with the gas tank. I'm not sure if cars still have these, but check the filler neck seal (??) yeah, sorry, i'm still talking back in the old '67 times. Should probably get with it, eh/