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    Hi Guys,

    One of the boys a work is having issue where his Prado stinks of gas! When he pulls up at work you get a big whiff of what smells to me like natural gas. Apparently you can also smell it in the cabin (but not when aircon is on recirculate). It is more noticable when accelerating, braking and turning corners. He took it Toyota and they reckon there is nothing wrong with it.

    Any ideas?

    Thanks

    Steve..
    [b]Steve..[/b]
    White 150, GXL D4D Auto
    Bridgestone D694's, Toyota Tow Bar, 3M Tint, MaxTrax, ARB Bull Bar, GME 3340, Lightforce 170's, OME Lift, Dual Batteries

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    Re: Car smells of gas!!!

    I hope he/she doesn,t smoke :wink: I would definately have that trucks gas system and storage tank checked for leaks ASAP. by a mechanic who specialises in Gas systems. If it was a Toyota dealership that had the system installed by a second party, I would insist STRONGLY that a qualified service person from Toyota take a ride with the owner and get a wiff so to speak. That is an accident waiting to happen.
    07 Upgrade GXL D4D, Manual, Dune,Sov Bar, BFG's, SG11, Redark dual Batts, Extensive Aux wiring, Stebel, LED stop tails, IPF HID's (my mod), 240V Inv, ARB Comp, GME UHF,TPMS, Safari snorkel, GPS,Hilux washers, 40l Engel in 30% pas pos,homemade A/C cond protection plate, polyairs.

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    • #3
      Re: Car smells of gas!!!

      Originally posted by clifton
      I hope he/she doesn,t smoke :wink: I would definately have that trucks gas system and storage tank checked for leaks ASAP. by a mechanic who specialises in Gas systems. If it was a Toyota dealership that had the system installed by a second party, I would insist STRONGLY that a qualified service person from Toyota take a ride with the owner and get a wiff so to speak. That is an accident waiting to happen.
      Clifton,

      It's not on gas at all!!!! It is a D4D like yours & mine!!! It smells exactly like when the gas hotplates at home fail to ignite.

      Steve..
      [b]Steve..[/b]
      White 150, GXL D4D Auto
      Bridgestone D694's, Toyota Tow Bar, 3M Tint, MaxTrax, ARB Bull Bar, GME 3340, Lightforce 170's, OME Lift, Dual Batteries

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      • #4
        Re: Car smells of gas!!!

        tell him to eat more meat or less tofu and salad :wink:
        03 grande v6 , with added stuff that makes it go places . RTFM people !
        founding member of the " you don't need all that crap on a prado association "
        "you only use 15% of your brain " Einstein . " so why not burn off the other 85% " Cheech & Chong .
        petrol , petrol ,petrol , you know it makes sense ! im kavpetrolbitch

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        • #5
          Re: Car smells of gas!!!

          Where does he fill up ?
          He may like to try changing to another fuel supplier - do you have a BP ?
          Cheers, Wayne

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          • #6
            Re: Car smells of gas!!!

            Originally posted by Stephen77
            Originally posted by clifton
            I hope he/she doesn,t smoke :wink: I would definately have that trucks gas system and storage tank checked for leaks ASAP. by a mechanic who specialises in Gas systems. If it was a Toyota dealership that had the system installed by a second party, I would insist STRONGLY that a qualified service person from Toyota take a ride with the owner and get a wiff so to speak. That is an accident waiting to happen.
            Clifton,

            It's not on gas at all!!!! It is a D4D like yours & mine!!! It smells exactly like when the gas hotplates at home fail to ignite.

            Steve..
            Whoops :!: sorry mate but I didn't know it was a straight diesel D4D. ops:
            07 Upgrade GXL D4D, Manual, Dune,Sov Bar, BFG's, SG11, Redark dual Batts, Extensive Aux wiring, Stebel, LED stop tails, IPF HID's (my mod), 240V Inv, ARB Comp, GME UHF,TPMS, Safari snorkel, GPS,Hilux washers, 40l Engel in 30% pas pos,homemade A/C cond protection plate, polyairs.

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            • #7
              Re: Car smells of gas!!!

              Originally posted by clifton
              Originally posted by Stephen77
              Originally posted by clifton
              I hope he/she doesn,t smoke :wink: I would definately have that trucks gas system and storage tank checked for leaks ASAP. by a mechanic who specialises in Gas systems. If it was a Toyota dealership that had the system installed by a second party, I would insist STRONGLY that a qualified service person from Toyota take a ride with the owner and get a wiff so to speak. That is an accident waiting to happen.
              Clifton,

              It's not on gas at all!!!! It is a D4D like yours & mine!!! It smells exactly like when the gas hotplates at home fail to ignite.

              Steve..
              Whoops :!: sorry mate but I didn't know it was a straight diesel D4D. ops:
              My mate dragged the service manager into the car and took him for a spin. Service manger could smell it, mumbled something about Catalytic Convertors and Corola's but offered no fix. Do diesels have catalytic convertors? Fortunately for my mate the smell is slowly starting to be less and less. He thinks that it may have been a dodgey tank of fuel. The smell started after refilling and his fuel economy went 16lt and didn't move for the whole tank - it was purchased from a Shell Servo so I don't think bio diesel is the cause. I have heard about diesel tanks growing bacteria/fungus could this be the cause of the gas smell? How would he go about cleaning his tank out if so?
              [b]Steve..[/b]
              White 150, GXL D4D Auto
              Bridgestone D694's, Toyota Tow Bar, 3M Tint, MaxTrax, ARB Bull Bar, GME 3340, Lightforce 170's, OME Lift, Dual Batteries

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              • #8
                Hi Guys
                we have a similar issue as above anyone come across the cause of this?
                2018 GXL 2.8 50k
                2018 GXL 2.8 1GD,

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                • #9
                  I know batteries produce sulphur when they're overheating/on the way out! Maybe get the battery checked? The last thing you want is the battery to go pop.

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