# New Fuel Pump, Now I Smell Gas **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** chevrolet, suburban\ **Created:** [April 4, 2012, 12:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-fuel-pump-now-i-smell-gas/71747 "2012-04-04T00:01:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![xoom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/e36b37/32.png) [@xoom](https://community.cartalk.com/u/xoom)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 12:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-fuel-pump-now-i-smell-gas/71747/1 "2012-04-04T00:01:27Z")
99 Suburban Fuel pump quit with no known warning… we had a mechanic replace with new. Picked up the truck and I smell gas outside, near the rear. Check gas cap… Check for maybe some spilled… A day or two later, after driving for a few minutes, I smell gas in the cabin. Then, when getting out, I smell gas all around the truck. So, I parked the truck for two days, thinking maybe it would - just go away… Walked up to the truck (actually 3 days later), and what do you know? Gas. Pungent. So, I returned it to the mechanic, explaining the issues. No gas smell before you put in new pump. Mechanic says he can’t find anything wrong. I ask the mechanic if he doesn’t think smelling gas in and out of the truck is a problem… - Blank stare. Help. I need to be able to take it back to them and, under the guarantee of the work on the pump, tell them what they didn’t do right (or at least a couple possibilities). ---
**Author:** ![FordMan1959](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ea666f/32.png) [@FordMan1959](https://community.cartalk.com/u/FordMan1959)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 12:56am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-fuel-pump-now-i-smell-gas/71747/2 "2012-04-04T00:56:28Z")
I’d suspect the gasket around the fuel pump access is either the wrong gasket or it slipped out of place while installing the fuel pump and lock ring allowing gas and/or fumes to escape. ---
**Author:** ![missileman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/missileman/32/1366_2.png) [@missileman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/missileman)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 1:55am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-fuel-pump-now-i-smell-gas/71747/3 "2012-04-04T01:55:35Z")
You need to have a good mechanic come by and find the gas leak. If a spark gets to the leak before it’s repaired there could be a fire or even worse an explosion. This vehicle is probably not safe to drive.