Gasoline Smell

[etr2016]

I park my 1M in my parents garage due to the fact I drive it very infrequently. In my parents garage also sits a 2011 MB C300 and a 2005 Jeep Wrangler. There is a smell of gasoline in the garage and none of us can find it. It's unlikely to be the 1M as it's been sitting there for 3 months without being driven and the smell started last week. Anyone have ANY idea of where to start? All the gas caps are on, there is no leakage under the vehicles, none of the cars smell like gasoline from the inside....

Thanks in advance.

[E30 Racer]

Originally Posted by etr2016

I park my 1M in my parents garage due to the fact I drive it very infrequently. In my parents garage also sits a 2011 MB C300 and a 2005 Jeep Wrangler. There is a smell of gasoline in the garage and none of us can find it. It's unlikely to be the 1M as it's been sitting there for 3 months without being driven and the smell started last week. Anyone have ANY idea of where to start? All the gas caps are on, there is no leakage under the vehicles, none of the cars smell like gasoline from the inside....

Thanks in advance.

Is your car catless?

[etr2016]

Nope....

[hunterl41]

Maybe one of the cars drove over some gas at one point. I would rotate the cars out of the garage one at a time for a day or so to see if the smell subsides. From there you should be able to determine which car its coming from.

[etr2016]

I think I have it figured out. My mother apparently let the gas tank over fill about a week ago. It drained down the hole right near the gas cap. I pour some water down that hole to flush it out and the smell has improved greatly. I just cannot believe there was a delay in the smell finally appearing in the garage.