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Old 08-10-2011, 01:54 PM
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I just started my car and smelled raw gasoline.... backed out the garage and there is a puddle of gas on the floor and looked under the car and can see gas leaking. What the hell??? Drove a bunch yesterday and no issues...

I popped the hood and found a small puddle in between the turbo inlet hose and throttle body

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Fuuuuuuuuu

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Do you know where the leak is or no?
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get a lighter so you can see where it is coming from

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j/k bro is the puddle near the front or back of the car?

I had a car ketch on fire, you may not want to drive it.
sorry to hear your troubles
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Puddle is underneath the engine bay.

I grabbed a flashlight (not a lighter) and found a puddle near the turbo inlet hose. I'll go take a pic. This sucks, really needed to drive today
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You can see the puddle here, its in between my turbo inlet hose and the throttle body

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That location probably means it could be the fuel rails underneath the intake manifold sprung a leak or one of the connections to an injector is bad? idk, wait for a pro to answer. lol

Those fuel rails are a beotch!
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Originally Posted by subie OCD
Puddle is underneath the engine bay.

I grabbed a flashlight (not a lighter) and found a puddle near the turbo inlet hose. I'll go take a pic. This sucks, really needed to drive today
Go buy a fire extinguisher!

seriously, everyone should have one handy in their car, even if you don't think you have a fuel leak, but especially if you do!
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check the lines under the intake manifold.. =/.. pain in the you know what, to do...
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Same problem on my 04 sti yesterday. Tried to have it towed to a shop today, but tow truck will not tow cars with fuel leak!
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check the lines under the intake manifold.. =/.. pain in the you know what, to do...
Those are the lines that usually leaks. Right next to the turbo inlet.
Repaired 2 so far.
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Thought I had updated this thread but never did. Yep, had to remove the intake manifold. Fuel line was corroded and cracked. Lots of fun
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Originally Posted by psoper
Go buy a fire extinguisher!

seriously, everyone should have one handy in their car, even if you don't think you have a fuel leak, but especially if you do!
This is on my to-do list.
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i gotta bring mine in to get checked. rich raw gas smell , but no puddle.
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theirs actually a recall for fuel lines that run under the intake manifold just go to a subaru dealer and tell em you have a fuel smell in the engine bay and tell them you saw that theirs a service bulletin for that
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theirs actually a recall for fuel lines that run under the intake manifold just go to a subaru dealer and tell em you have a fuel smell in the engine bay and tell them you saw that theirs a service bulletin for fuel smell on engine bay this service bulletin was made because 2002-03 wrx had fuel leaks on a rubber hose right on top of cylinder 1
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