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I have an 87 s4 turbo, it seems that when I have my windows down I get a bad smell of petrol. Is this normal and if not any idea's?

Rotorific

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its probally old cat not doing its job and now you smell what you smell its not uncommon for an rx7 to smell that way... if you dont have a cat then it should always smell that way

Scott 89t2

check your fuel rails for leaks. the pulsation damper on the 86-88 fuel rails fail way to often. which will leak fuel onto your exhuast and start a fire under the hood...

thosands have burned from this...

MechE00

I had a fuel smell issue that I checked out this weekend.. pulsation damper had failed.. I'm grateful to this web board for it's emphasis on this problem.. If I didn't know what to look for, I might have driven the car longer while trying to figure out the source of the smell.

thanks all.. Now I need to check into what's required to go to the Series 5 fuel rail and if it's worth it..

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Unfortunatly I'm a newbie can any one tell me what a pulsation damper/fuel rail looks like or if some one has a pic of one?