On Thu, 04 Aug 2005 00:36:59 -0400, americanjap wrote:
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> "" wrote:[color=green]
> > "hachiroku" <ae86@Trueno.GTS> wrote in message
> > news:pan.2005.07.31.13.00.02.348461@Trueno.GTS...
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> > > On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 00:00:53 -0500, Ray O wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >> "americanjap" <UseLinkToEmail@AutoForumz.com> wrote in message
> > >> news:1_637156_7da37f68c2ba36ab23bd816fa093dbb9@autoforumz.com...
> > >>> "" wrote:
> > >>> > "americanjap" <UseLinkToEmail@AutoForumz.com> wrote in message
> > >>> >
> > >>> > news:1_634155_03e76bc2db921eca4a96ab69db58ce01@autoforumz.com...
> > >>> > > My Chaser is killing me slowly. First the brakes,[/color]
> > then the[color=darkred]
> > >>> > window, a
> > >>> > > fouled spark plug and now..... There is an odor of gas
> > >>> > inside the car.
> > >>> > > It is coming from the A/C vents. Where in the world[/color]
> > should[color=darkred]
> > >>> > I start
> > >>> > > looking for this problem? There are no visual leaks
> > >>> > anywhere on the
> > >>> > > car and nothing on the ground. Any help would be
> > >>> > appreciated, thanks
> > >>> > > in advance. 8O
> > >>> > >
> > >>> > >
> > >>> > Start with the charcoal canister.
> > >>> > --
> > >>> > Ray O
> > >>> > correct the return address punctuation to reply
> > >>>
> > >>> Does anyone know where the charcoal canister is? The most[/color]
> > I can get out[color=darkred]
> > >>> of the Japanese locals is it's under the hood. I don't[/color]
> > even know what[color=darkred]
> > >>> it looks like. I tried to google it but that was little[/color]
> > to no help at[color=darkred]
> > >>> all.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >> You can say "sumi no can wo misete kudasai" (sue-me no cahn[/color]
> > wo me-say-tay[color=darkred]
> > >> koo-dah-sai), which means "please show me the charcoal[/color]
> > canister."[color=darkred]
> > >
> > > I think "Please show me your tits" would be a better phrase[/color]
> > to learn![color=darkred]
> > >
> > >[/color]
> > Only along with "I want to call my embassy!" --
> > Ray O
> > correct the return address punctuation to reply[/color]
>
> The drama continues. I took the car to the hobby shop and started tearing
> it apart. Things got interesting fast.
>
> Where it looks like the fuel line comes straight up from the underneath
> side of the car, on the passenger side, there was a very well hidden
> treasure. After taking the wheel well out and some retarted looking cover
> there was the coveted charcoal canister. Now, unless your lucky, like I
> was, you would have never looked there b/c of the way the fuel line runs.
> Doesn’t even look like the fuel line makes it to the canister! Very
> weird. This was overlooked by all b/c we assumed, don’t ever do that,
> that there was nothing underneath the cover.
>
> So, having found it... I went to a junk yard a pulled one and put it on my
> car. The verdict is still out on the fix, but I don’t think it helped.
> The wife and I took a cruise around town and there was still a noticable
> gas smell inside the car. The smell is still just with the A/C on.
>
> I looked at the miss firing scenario and replaced the spark plugs in the
> process. Every one of them were charcoal black.
>
> The fuel tank shows no signs of leaking, I can’t find a leak in the line
> and now the charcoal canister has been replaced. The A/C vent is opening
> and closing when you switch between recycled air and outside air. The
> smell is not in the seats or carpet. I’m still at a loss. As well as
> everyone I talk to. The car is running sound as can be, at least from the
> mechanical standpoint.
>
> Oh, and just as I pulled into the parking space a light in the shape of a
> car with lines on the back, as if the brake lights were out, came on.
> What the poop is that one.
>
> Well, I’ve got to go to work for now. Hopefully I’ll get to look at it
> again later today. Thanks for all the help so far.[/color]
This is an interesting problem, because my Mom's '86 Camry has the exact
same problem...there is only a gas smell when the AC is on.
She has taken it to the local Toy dealer here three times, and they tell
her there is nothing wrong with the car!
Either there really IS nothing wrong with the car, and it is just
something they can't fix, or it is a problem that really isn't a problem,
or it is a problem that really IS a problem and they just don't want to
bother. Perhaps I smell an unperformed, PITA recall? She just smells gas...
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