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Mail From: walt (Walt Boeninger)

I agree with that ... I don't know how we survived the 60s
with cars and Water heater/furnace pilots in the garage.....
If I go anywhere near my cars after parking them in the
garage after a drive, they smell... I usually open the
hood and leave the doors open to vent the garage.. and
since the garage is not connected to the house and has
no pilots, it's not a big deal. It also seems to me
I used to let the car cool off in the driveway before
garaging it.... been too long...

Chris Kelly wrote:
> You probably notice that because your other cars don't do that. And
> they don't because everything has vapor recovery systems, and have had
> for almost 30 years now. Also, the fuel mix where you live may also be
> part of it - the oxygenated stuff will give off more fumes IMHO. When
> we lived in Houston, the Falcon had to sit in the driveway for a bit to
> cool off and vent out before parking in the garage (which was under the
> master bedroom).
>
> It's because the tank vent and bowl vents on the carb are open to the air.
>
> I also get that odor out here "in the sticks" with the Falcon and
> Mustang. And I still get it even though I shut off the fuel pumps and
> run the carbs almost dry when the cars are parked. And they are cold
> when parked also, so it's not heat induced.
>