Why do I smell gasoline in the cab of my 2009 Nissan XTerra??
at the risk of sounding KNOWABLE about, cars, computers and electronics !
your car has EVAP system failure if raw fuel is not dripping, a.k.a EVAP GAS TANK VENT FUME LEAK is the cause.
finding those vent leaks is best found with a tool called a SMOKE machine, (or harder ways #2)
this we sit is NOT USA, (or as call it American leaving off (north, south ,central or even saying the word USA or CANADA)
Cars are not the same on earth by Laws, (vast and now EXTREME)
Even California CARP laws TRUMP USA FED laws (EPA) facts,
I am very sorry to say that this web site unlike like other , does not force all cars(vehicles) to state their country first.
and nobody ever does. and 99% of the time due to that fact all you get are wrong answers. (or NON SPECIFIC wrong)
Don't feel said, every one does this wrong, here, read 10000 posts see that?
Evap comes in 4 grades now, USA (me) Evap level 1 to 4, from simple crude to the complex and bizarre.
Every counties laws are not the same. on SMOG parts and EVAP is one tiny piece.
A preliminary:
the cures are this: (see and done most by me for 50 years on cars)
connect the scan tool and scan the PCM and see EVAP failures, (all cars USA this is first and now blown fuses.)
look for visual damage to all to VENTs.(evap sys.)
test each evap valve for closure, even bench tested.
road hazards or old collision damage we see the damage ignored by the body shop.
Advanced testing (yes computers control all this those too are a factor)
1: the smoke machine attached where gas cap was removed, in minutes the LEAK IS FOUND< amazing facts.
2: or in a real shop by laws we use a cheap inert gas tank (CO2, Nitrogen or Argon) gas to pressurize the take to 2 PSI.
then with bottle of water spray and tiny bit of dish soap, we spay every inch of evap system for sure this electric valve inside and out side, to find leaks, for that gas( I use TIG gas cheap).
3: then read the manual , here is USA cars.
https://eautorepair.net/Marketing/Default.asp
find a shop
RTM read the manual above, EVAP has its own chapter. and do the tests there. covered !
ALL my answers are for USA spec stock cars, NONE TOLD yet. and matters HUGE !
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