# Fuel smell only with windows open

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-smell-only-with-windows-open/25822>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** smells, leaks\
**Created:** [January 31, 2009, 4:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-smell-only-with-windows-open/25822 "2009-01-31T16:27:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![jsallen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/jsallen/32/5156_2.png) [@jsallen](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jsallen)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 4:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-smell-only-with-windows-open/25822/1 "2009-01-31T16:27:41Z")

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Ray’s advice to look for a leak in the hoses and fuel tank is good, but the smell isn’t necessarily coming in through the windows. When the windows are closed, the heater/air conditioning/ventilating system may be pressurizing the interior and keeping the smell from coming in through another opening. I had a decrepit old van once where I could keep exhaust and blowby smells from coming in either by running the ventilator fan, or be turning the vent windows around while driving to pressurize the interior.