Irregular engine sound, and I smell gas.

Synchros shot? Weird noises while shifting? Not sure what needs to be replaced?
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Re: Irregular engine sound, and I smell gas.

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LHOswald wrote:
padauk_dust wrote:Remember you need 3 things: compression, spark, and air/fuel mixture to make an engine run.
technically thats 4, because if you had air but no fuel nothing would happen, and fuel but no hair nothing would happen. but really its 5 because you also need the ability of movement from the crankshaft, camshaft etc. with them being blocked or seized its not going to do much

so the 5 things you need are compression, spark, air, fuel and ability of movement

Indeed. A mixture, as I said. And of course, you need your engine not to seize for it to run. That is also true.
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Re: Irregular engine sound, and I smell gas.

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lmao!
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Re: Irregular engine sound, and I smell gas.

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ElectroGhandi wrote:Maybe one of you car students can help me with this one. My Rodeo is running a little rough, and kinda makes a chugging sound, but only slighty. Also, when I turn it off and get out, I can smell gas a lot.

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Re: Irregular engine sound, and I smell gas.

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Update. The problem went away on its own. Cariiiiiiino
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Re: Irregular engine sound, and I smell gas.

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Evaporative emissions system. That should throw a code like P0440 but even without the code it sounds like an evap issue.
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Re: Irregular engine sound, and I smell gas.

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My car did something like that last week. I had to take my air intake off to get a better angle for some car work. I didn't tighten the intake back onto the throttle body fully. Started the car, engine ran rough and my car threw a CEL. Re-checked my work and realized the problem. I have to reset the light in my car. Car is running fine and light hasn't come back on.
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