gas smell in the trunk

Asked by GuruZQBLN Nov 12, 2017 at 03:44 PM about the 1998 Oldsmobile Eighty-Eight 4 Dr LS Sedan

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

After I get out of my car (1998 olds 88) I can
smell gas from the trunk I looked online said
maybe a canister or evap canister shut off
valve?? Sound right any suggestions

1 Answer

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Yes the vapor canister is behind your headlights driver size. Its down in a little pocket in frame below your computer moduals canister on mine thru out and check engine code. You can see the two lines going into the canister and going out of the canister one of them runs down your fuel rail where your injectors are and it Clips onto your block it's a black hose and the other one will run around up underneath your battery back towards your fuel filter pump and all that now if you follow the Short Line up to the fuel rail where did jectors are that black line going to the canister there's a cylinoid right there clip right in front of the rail on the top of the intake you're standing in front of your car and you look straight down it's like right above your plugs you can take that regulator out clean it replace it and that might fix you other than that it's just annoying and the occasional odor but on these cards I got to have them for the emissions I don't know of any way to bypassing like the old days hope that helps but that was my experience that's what I did that Evap solenoid or pressure switch or something I can't remember what it's called but it's it's right there on the manifold right by your fuel rail injectors and all that little black Line run into him and you follow that line down and there's a little clip on the engine block that keeps it from flipping around and there's a little valve on there you can purchase that and I always make it a habit once a year to go through all my electrical connections all my solenoids sensors and all that once a year was some good electrical cleaner and clean everything out take them out clean and put them back in Lowe's charcoal canisters are $100 at AutoZone hope that helps

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