My 2005 VW Touareg has been smelling like gas for a while. Noticeable when the Touareg is parked in the garage over night, and even sometimes when entering the vehicle in an open parking lot or retrieving items from the driver side rear door.
Doing some research here shows a few threads with others that have experienced similar issues.
Here's one: http://www.clubtouareg.com/forums/f43/gas-leak-41091-3.html#post358708
I tore into the Touareg today to get a feel for what's going on.
I only found a couple pictures online of what others have done (in replacing fuel pumps, mostly) so I started snapping pictures. I thought I'd try something new and post my how-to up on ifixit as they have a pretty slick documentation system for how-to guides.
It's a work in progress. Check out the link here: Repairing Touareg Gas Leak
Next steps are to order some parts and see if I can get this addressed....
Plan is:
7L0 919 679 - flange with fuel filter (based on the notes in the linked post above)
8E0 919 133 G - seal rings for both driver and passenger side
I'm hoping that's it. Anyone have any tips?
Any thoughts on documenting this in the ifixit site vs directly in the forum? I've done several how-to's in the forums here, VWVortex, and TDIClub - ifixit is something new for me. It's appealing since it's geared directly at this kind of documentation, they host the images, etc.
Doing some research here shows a few threads with others that have experienced similar issues.
Here's one: http://www.clubtouareg.com/forums/f43/gas-leak-41091-3.html#post358708
I tore into the Touareg today to get a feel for what's going on.
I only found a couple pictures online of what others have done (in replacing fuel pumps, mostly) so I started snapping pictures. I thought I'd try something new and post my how-to up on ifixit as they have a pretty slick documentation system for how-to guides.
It's a work in progress. Check out the link here: Repairing Touareg Gas Leak
Next steps are to order some parts and see if I can get this addressed....
Plan is:
7L0 919 679 - flange with fuel filter (based on the notes in the linked post above)
8E0 919 133 G - seal rings for both driver and passenger side
I'm hoping that's it. Anyone have any tips?
Any thoughts on documenting this in the ifixit site vs directly in the forum? I've done several how-to's in the forums here, VWVortex, and TDIClub - ifixit is something new for me. It's appealing since it's geared directly at this kind of documentation, they host the images, etc.