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Originally Posted by keep off median
I've been lurking for a while and this board has been great! This truck has also been great! No problems in 85K miles except for about the last 5,000 miles I notice when I get out of the truck after driving for a while there is a strong fuel odor. It's a V6 4x4. I'm not really mechanically inclined so I had the fuel filter changed and the recall done but neither the independant shop that did the fuel filter nor the dealer could find any problem that would give me the strong fuel odor I am getting. It's so bad that the smell reall fills up our 2 car garage.
Any ideas!
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How's the MPG doing, any change?
Have you looked all of the fuel lines over?
How's the gas cap? If it's lost its seal or ability to pressurize you may be getting odor from it.
Do you have any computer faults? There are probably a bunch of sensors that could make the mixture too rich. How's the tailpipe look?
It's a long shot, but have you replaced the plugs lately? I've heard of Dodges that responded very poorly (dumped a lot of fuel into the cylinders) to Bosch Platinum +4s.
Have you tried to sniff out the source? Tailpipe. Intake. Gas cap. Etc.
Just some thoughts.