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Old Oct 11, 2007 | 08:20 PM
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Hard starting and I smell gas!

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After I leave my car sitting for a few hours when I get in the drivers seat I smell gas. I checked the fuel rail and injectors for leaks and found nothing. I took out the back seat and checked the fuel pump gasket and it looked fine. I checked the gas cap gasket it looked fine as well. It has been this way for a week. Just yesterday and today the car was hard to start. It reminded me of a flooded carburator. I think gas might be pooling in the intake mainifold, It just a guess. Any thoughts or ideas would be greatly appreciated.

My mods are
20g-lt (green) turbo
injectors
fuel pump
3" TBE with test pipe
stock intake with K&N filter
spraying 100% meth into the upper I/C pipe
Boosting 30 PSI
Tuned on 94 running on 91 had to turn down the boost to 30PSI till I get retuned

The car ran fine with the following mods for quite a while and I am just noticing this now.
I have had a few back fires (pop, pop, pop) and tried to replace my plugs last night but NAPA gave me the wrong ones, the plugs looked about done.

Thanks againg

USN-GUAM USA
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Old Oct 11, 2007 | 08:53 PM
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were the plugs all coated black? I would pull the injectors out and take a good look at them to make double sure that they're not leaking. You can even test the resistance of the injectors to see if there is a bad one.
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Old Oct 11, 2007 | 10:27 PM
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None of the plugs were black. They looked a little lean/hot if anything.
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Old Oct 11, 2007 | 10:42 PM
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did you smell fuel on the plugs? I would still check the resistance on the injectors. Also spend some time going through the engine bay with a fine tooth comb.
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Old Oct 11, 2007 | 11:46 PM
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By any chance is your breather valve still dump into the intake or is it venting outside?
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Old Oct 12, 2007 | 08:48 PM
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This was driving me crazy, until I went to top of the meth reservoir today, and it smelled like gas, so I think I have it worked out now, Don’t ask me how I messed it up but I did. It must have been 5:00AM and I probably was a little hung-over, running late to work, still dark out kind of morning. I grabbed the wrong gas can, both clearly marked and topped off the meth reservoir with gas/oil mix. I have no memory of doing this! I took out the meth reservoir and washed it out with soap and water. Then I flushed out the lines and the pump with about 2-3 gallons of water, cleaned the upper I/C pipe and hoses. I put every thing back together and filled it with meth and took if for a few hard pulls. Every thing is working pretty well; I still am hitting one of the safety's probably due to the 91 gas. Need to get it retuned. Living in Guam I guess I'll have to get an E-flash.

Thanks for all suggestions and help! Oh BTW I do feel like a idiot.
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