# Gasoline smell when starting up car

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/gasoline-smell-when-starting-up-car/25399>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [January 23, 2009, 6:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gasoline-smell-when-starting-up-car/25399 "2009-01-23T18:30:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![joanhoop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@joanhoop](https://community.cartalk.com/u/joanhoop)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 6:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gasoline-smell-when-starting-up-car/25399/1 "2009-01-23T18:30:44Z")

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After turning on car with defroster and fan on and having it warm up for about 15 min. there is always a smell of gasoline inside the car. We cannot seem to detect the cause.

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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 7:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gasoline-smell-when-starting-up-car/25399/2 "2009-01-23T19:45:08Z")

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If you want a useful answer, you need to give us some information that is currently a mystery:

Make  
Model  
Model year  
Odometer mileage  
Engine size/type  
Whether it has been maintained according to the mfr’s maintenance schedule  
Typical ambient temperature on the days when the odor has been detected

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**Author:** ![andrew\_j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/91b2a8/32.png) [@andrew\_j](https://community.cartalk.com/u/andrew_j)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 9:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gasoline-smell-when-starting-up-car/25399/3 "2009-01-23T21:18:52Z")

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My guess early 2000’s Subaru.

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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 9:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gasoline-smell-when-starting-up-car/25399/4 "2009-01-23T21:22:48Z")

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That is very possible, but we should not have to guess.