# Why does my car smell like gas very bad after I fill the tank?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-does-my-car-smell-like-gas-very-bad-after-i-fill-the-tank/29344>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [April 19, 2009, 1:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-does-my-car-smell-like-gas-very-bad-after-i-fill-the-tank/29344 "2009-04-19T13:59:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![chris99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@chris99](https://community.cartalk.com/u/chris99)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2009, 1:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-does-my-car-smell-like-gas-very-bad-after-i-fill-the-tank/29344/1 "2009-04-19T13:59:14Z")

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I just filled my car w/gas and there is a very very strong gas odor that I smell from my garage all the way inside my house. This is the second time this has happened, a couple weeks ago I filled the tank, and the next morning it smelled like gas and now again it smells very strongly like gas. I checked on the floor under the car and there are no leaks and I didn’t spill any gas while pumping  
  
  
  
 Why is this happening??