# Are these fuel injectors leaking? How to fix? **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [November 14, 2018, 2:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/are-these-fuel-injectors-leaking-how-to-fix/128833 "2018-11-14T14:43:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Alessio2110\_143485](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e57/32.png) [@Alessio2110\_143485](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Alessio2110_143485)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2018, 2:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/are-these-fuel-injectors-leaking-how-to-fix/128833/1 "2018-11-14T14:43:07Z")
Hi everyone, please advise me if these 2 fuel injectors are leaking? If so, how to fix? My car is Toyota Matrix 2010 (103,000km). Photos are below. (Edited: added more close up photos) ![20181114_171124](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/2X/c/c125ac5d3dbb663cca85ca63c8a7a1273e83c375.jpeg) ![20181114_171049](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/2X/4/4bc1e507e2f79e84efc679071d9c8b612d22da6b.jpeg) ![20181114_091508](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/2X/d/d22049449794fd164e0438aa6cd8c61f7b3b47ef.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2018, 2:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/are-these-fuel-injectors-leaking-how-to-fix/128833/2 "2018-11-14T14:45:58Z")
Leaking how? To the outside world? You should be able to smell that. We can’t smell things over the internet. Removing the fuel rail and replacing the O-rings would fix a leak to the outside world, Leaking internally? Can’t be seen by you or us. Replacing the injectors would fix that. ---
**Author:** ![Alessio2110\_143485](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e57/32.png) [@Alessio2110\_143485](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Alessio2110_143485)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2018, 4:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/are-these-fuel-injectors-leaking-how-to-fix/128833/3 "2018-11-14T16:08:46Z")
Thanks @Mustangman. Some mornings there is strong gas smell when I start the car (cold start only). Some morning there is no smell. ---
**Author:** ![shanonia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@shanonia](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shanonia)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2018, 4:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/are-these-fuel-injectors-leaking-how-to-fix/128833/4 "2018-11-14T16:18:14Z")
Can you tell where the gas smell is coming from: under hood, under car, out the tailpipe? Is it detectable before or after the engine is started, or both? ---
**Author:** ![Alessio2110\_143485](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e57/32.png) [@Alessio2110\_143485](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Alessio2110_143485)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2018, 7:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/are-these-fuel-injectors-leaking-how-to-fix/128833/5 "2018-11-14T19:03:05Z")
The smell occurs right after I start the car first time of the day (not every day), and lasts about 1 - 2 minutes. I haven’t been able to figure out where the smell comes from yet. But i feel it strongest when standing outside of the car, right at the driver door. There was 1 day that felt the smell even inside the car. ---
**Author:** ![shanonia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@shanonia](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shanonia)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2018, 7:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/are-these-fuel-injectors-leaking-how-to-fix/128833/6 "2018-11-14T19:05:10Z")
I’d be looking first for a leak between the fuel pump and the engine - maybe a connector on top of the gas tank or in the line to the engine compartment. ---
**Author:** ![Alessio2110\_143485](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e57/32.png) [@Alessio2110\_143485](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Alessio2110_143485)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2018, 7:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/are-these-fuel-injectors-leaking-how-to-fix/128833/7 "2018-11-14T19:09:02Z")
Thanks @shanonia. What about these 2 fuel injectors? Are those 2 dark drips fuel leaking? ---
**Author:** ![shanonia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@shanonia](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shanonia)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2018, 7:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/are-these-fuel-injectors-leaking-how-to-fix/128833/8 "2018-11-14T19:20:54Z")
> [@Mustangman](#): > > Removing the fuel rail and replacing the O-rings would fix a leak to the outside world, Now that I see those dark spots around those injectors, I would follow Mustangman’s advice.