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Old 02-13-2005, 10:28 PM   #1 (permalink)
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gas smell

anyone else ever smelled gas while driving? sometimes when i drive from here to there, there is a gas smell in the cabin...
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ummm... are your cats removed?
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Old 02-14-2005, 03:19 AM   #3 (permalink)
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car in front of ya blowing smoke?
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MR2s run rich, especially the turbos, so smelling fuel is not unusual.

If you gutted the cats, removed the charcoal canister or upgraded your injectors this will just make the smell more prominent.
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