bpeckham
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I had my car into the shop for the three year service: oil, filter, brake fluid, intake air filters, cabin air filter, etc. The car has about 13,400 miles on it.
I also had them look at the cruise control and the clutch pedal creaking noise issues. No repro.
The air filters are a funny story. They only had one in stock. I asked if the same filter is used in other models as a single, and the service advisor said it was unique to the Z (not sure if that's an authoritative statement). Why would there be only one in stock? They come in twos, like shoes. So that took an extra day to order parts.
Anyway, the subject of this thread is something the tech found while working on the car: a fuel leak somewhere near the fuel rails nestled in the V.
I'm trying to remember if I smelled gasoline in the garage before I took it in for the old change. Not sure. Maybe.
Anyway, they didn't have the right parts to fix the leak, so that, too, needed to be ordered.
Went back on Saturday to get it fixed. They replaced Tube Assembly-Fuel - Nissan (17520-6GP0A) Picked it up at 1. went to a Saint Patrick's
party at 3, and got home around 6.
The car still strongly smells of gasoline inside and out. Left it in the garage overnight (didn't sleep well) with the hood up and the windows down. The gasoline smell had abated overnight to a faint whiff.
My current thinking is that I'll drive it today, and if it the smell increases, back into the shop. If the smell continues to fade, I'll assume that there was some spillage that wasn't cleaned up properly and that it will eventually evaporate completely.
It's a little nerve wracking to drive a modern car and smell gasoline. I don't even smell it at the pump with California vapor recovery systems.
I also had them look at the cruise control and the clutch pedal creaking noise issues. No repro.
The air filters are a funny story. They only had one in stock. I asked if the same filter is used in other models as a single, and the service advisor said it was unique to the Z (not sure if that's an authoritative statement). Why would there be only one in stock? They come in twos, like shoes. So that took an extra day to order parts.
Anyway, the subject of this thread is something the tech found while working on the car: a fuel leak somewhere near the fuel rails nestled in the V.
I'm trying to remember if I smelled gasoline in the garage before I took it in for the old change. Not sure. Maybe.
Anyway, they didn't have the right parts to fix the leak, so that, too, needed to be ordered.
Went back on Saturday to get it fixed. They replaced Tube Assembly-Fuel - Nissan (17520-6GP0A) Picked it up at 1. went to a Saint Patrick's
party at 3, and got home around 6.
The car still strongly smells of gasoline inside and out. Left it in the garage overnight (didn't sleep well) with the hood up and the windows down. The gasoline smell had abated overnight to a faint whiff.
My current thinking is that I'll drive it today, and if it the smell increases, back into the shop. If the smell continues to fade, I'll assume that there was some spillage that wasn't cleaned up properly and that it will eventually evaporate completely.
It's a little nerve wracking to drive a modern car and smell gasoline. I don't even smell it at the pump with California vapor recovery systems.
