The last 2 days ive been noticing a gas smell inside my car, and today while driving to work it got really bad and extremely strong where i could barely breath had to put windows down.

Car has been riding fine, i smell it alot more when i have my defrosters on.

I didnt spill any gas on my shoe and get inside.

Any idea what it could be??


2004 Hyundai Tiburon 2.7L GT


Thanks for the help

Could be deadly, carbon monoxide mixed with other gasses.
Definitely have it checked out, very serious

/e what does it smell like though?

This post was edited by marioo1182 on Jan 22 2014 12:53am

Seriously......




It could be many different things....
Lose/leaky injectors
Vacuum lines
Fuel/vapor in the hvac system

Google it.....

Oh ok..

Does your exhaust have a leak on it? If your exhaust is leaking by your manifolds that can cause the smell of gas coming into your car.

Could be a lot of things, but leaky injectors/leaky o-rings are wicked common.

google man.

tells you LOTS, might be a common problem, theres so many examples out there..

Barely breathe?....... REALLY?..... I mean....REALLY? C'mon now..


That said, one of the leading causes of gas vapor smell in the cabin, aside from obvious holes somewhere on the body, is the charcoal canister. It's job is pretty much to eliminate all the vapors from the gas tank, and subsequently route those vapors back into the intake where they can be burned as part of the mixture. I'd investigate this area.

If your injectors were leaking, the car would run like garbage, so it's not that.

And since you say it becomes worse when the heater fan is on tells me that it is coming from the engin3 bay. That said, lots of times the aerodynamics of a vehicle can actually cause exhaust from the rear of the vehicle to find the easiest point of entry (ie: rust holes, rolled down windows, bad panel gaps, bad weatherstripping....etc...

Are you sure it's gas you smell, or is it exhaust fumes? I have a hard time believing that gasoline vapors made it noxious enough to "barely breathe" , exhaust gasses on the other hand, DEFINITELY.

Did your eyes hurt with the smell?

This post was edited by OldAndyAndTheSea on Jan 22 2014 07:48am

GO TO YOUR DEALER ASAP. Don't drive in ur car when its like that. You know that MTV show buck wild? where the west virginia kids were going all redneck crazy? yeah that dude Shane on there died because of that. DONT FUCK WITH IT. Go to your dealer fool. (or where you bought it if it was recent)

Sounds like a heater core taking a shit on you..those smell up car horrible inside when leaking.

then again who knows, could be anything.