# 2009 MINI Cooper - Smells of gas **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** mini\ **Created:** [April 8, 2021, 7:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2009-mini-cooper-smells-of-gas/176050 "2021-04-08T19:31:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![carbeau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@carbeau](https://community.cartalk.com/u/carbeau)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2021, 7:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2009-mini-cooper-smells-of-gas/176050/1 "2021-04-08T19:31:29Z")
Getting a smell of gas when stopped at stop light the car has no leaks. ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2021, 10:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2009-mini-cooper-smells-of-gas/176050/2 "2021-04-08T22:51:56Z")
You may not see the leak, but if you smell gas you have a problem. Have it checked out, could be in the emission control system, but that would normally trigger your CEL. ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 2:03am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2009-mini-cooper-smells-of-gas/176050/3 "2021-04-09T02:03:58Z")
Have someone inspect the fuel injectors for leaking O-rings. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/b/5/b55bd9df7d7d57a2410e8fc6f7948e0fefea29fe.jpeg) It takes very little gasoline on a hot engine to create that smell. Tester ---
**Author:** ![ledhed75](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f6c823/32.png) [@ledhed75](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ledhed75)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 9:45am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2009-mini-cooper-smells-of-gas/176050/4 "2021-04-09T09:45:11Z")
The car has to have a leak somewhere…or you wouldn’t be able to smell the gas. ---
**Author:** ![PvtPublic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/pvtpublic/32/13089_2.png) [@PvtPublic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PvtPublic)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 10:43am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2009-mini-cooper-smells-of-gas/176050/5 "2021-04-09T10:43:36Z")
> [@carbeau](#): > > the car has no leaks. Yes it does, you just have to find it. ---
**Author:** ![ken2116](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f19dbf/32.png) [@ken2116](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ken2116)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2021, 6:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2009-mini-cooper-smells-of-gas/176050/6 "2021-04-10T18:47:20Z")
There’s a leak somewhere and gasoline doesn’t fool around (wife treated burn patients). Have it towed to a shop and let them deal with it. Possibilities include cracked fuel lines (can spray you in the eye when under pressure), leaky joints, rodent chewed lines - you don’t want to be there when it catches fire. ---
**Author:** ![weekend-warrior](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/weekend-warrior/32/26122_2.png) [@weekend-warrior](https://community.cartalk.com/u/weekend-warrior)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2021, 7:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2009-mini-cooper-smells-of-gas/176050/7 "2021-04-10T19:34:46Z")
it could be the tank filler hose has a crack in it. ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2021, 7:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2009-mini-cooper-smells-of-gas/176050/8 "2021-04-10T19:45:25Z")
> [@weekend-warrior](#): > > it could be the tank filler hose has a crack in it. That would cause the Check Engine light to turn on with an EVAP leak code. Tester ---
**Author:** ![weekend-warrior](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/weekend-warrior/32/26122_2.png) [@weekend-warrior](https://community.cartalk.com/u/weekend-warrior)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2021, 9:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2009-mini-cooper-smells-of-gas/176050/9 "2021-04-10T21:25:39Z")
your right. I should of thought about it a little more before posting.