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Smells Like Gas?

Posted By Florida_Phil 8 Years Ago
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After a lengthy drive, when I park my '55 TBIrd in my garage it always smells like gas.  This worries my wife because she thinks it will explode.  I've checked the car front to back numerous times and it's not leaking anywhere.  The engine is a rebuilt stock '55 292 with all '57 top end and distributor.  The carb is a new Holley 1848-1 465 cfm on a '57 iron intake.  The idle screws are set 1 1/2 turns out.  The air cleaner is an after market item.  I thought the engine may be running rich so I adjusted the idle screws in and it didn't idle well, so I put them back to 1 1/2 turns and it runs great.  Is this normal for a Y Block?


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Forum Post Smells Like Gas? By Florida_Phil ( 8 Years Ago )
Forum Post Are we talking about raw fuel odors? That is dangerous, and you'd need... By Tedster ( 8 Years Ago )
Forum Post I'm not sure about the smell. It definitely smells like it's running... By Florida_Phil ( 8 Years Ago )
Forum Post I had a similar issue with smelling gas after parking, turned out to... By dbird ( 8 Years Ago )
Forum Post I had smell from the sending unit on the top of the fuel tank and it... By DryLakesRacer ( 8 Years Ago )
Forum Post Greetings to all: Florida Phil - you mentioned all is dry and an... By FORD DEARBORN ( 8 Years Ago )
Forum Post As was mentioned, look at the sending unit at the tank. The gasket... By paul2748 ( 8 Years Ago )
Forum Post I’m as afraid of leaking gasoline as anybody. I grew up on gasoline... By miker ( 8 Years Ago )
Forum Post Thanks for the tips. All the fuel connections in the engine bay are... By Florida_Phil ( 8 Years Ago )
Forum Post I get a little gas smell from my 55 after shutting it off and I think... By junkyardjeff ( 8 Years Ago )
Forum Post I put electric fuel pump and unhooked the mechanical I turn off the... By John Didde ( 8 Years Ago )
Forum Post My 56 Tbird 312 has some raw gas smell in the garage after a drive.... By adg57 ( 8 Years Ago )
Forum Post Someone had installed a small inline electric fuel pump on my car... By Florida_Phil ( 8 Years Ago )
Forum Post All my carbs now have insulator plates under them no matter if small... By DryLakesRacer ( 8 Years Ago )
Forum Post The problem may be heat transfer from the intake manifold to the... By cokefirst ( 8 Years Ago )
Forum Post Don't know if the follwing has relevence with an early Bird, but will... By PF Arcand ( 8 Years Ago )
Forum Post Interesting. I believe my car has a non venting cap. I'll check it... By Florida_Phil ( 8 Years Ago )
Forum Post Phil, I store my Bird in winter, draining all the pump gas first... By wlj1943 ( 8 Years Ago )
Forum Post Thanks for the reply. I am familiar with av-gas. I ran it in my race... By Florida_Phil ( 8 Years Ago )


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