2005 525i Gas smell / Difficulty pumping gas
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2005 525i Gas smell / Difficulty pumping gas
Hi all,
So I'm encountering this problem with my E60, yesterday when I went to fill up gas, I was met with resistance when pumping ,like when you are filled up and the pump stops to avoid overflow, however the car was close to empty, so I though well this is new maybe its just fumes so I went slower with the fill up and still met resistance had to go pretty slow to just put in half a tank of gas...
Today after 2 hours of driving around I get a strong gas smell coming from under the rear passenger fender area, really strong and worried me, stopped the car and after about 5 mins the smell was almost not noticeable. I will note that the smell was never present inside the cabin.
Im guessing there is an issue with the venting system not working properly causing this?
I like to work on my car myself on most things, for this I gave a ring to my indy mechanic as I have no knowledge on how the venting system for this car works yet and hes looking into it. Am I heading in the right direction with this?
Anyone deal with this first hand? Saw some threads about gas smell but didnt have the symptoms I'm encountering.
BMW where I live has sky high pricing on diags and parts, so im trying to avoid having to go to the dealer on this if at all possible.
Thanks for any insight.
So I'm encountering this problem with my E60, yesterday when I went to fill up gas, I was met with resistance when pumping ,like when you are filled up and the pump stops to avoid overflow, however the car was close to empty, so I though well this is new maybe its just fumes so I went slower with the fill up and still met resistance had to go pretty slow to just put in half a tank of gas...
Today after 2 hours of driving around I get a strong gas smell coming from under the rear passenger fender area, really strong and worried me, stopped the car and after about 5 mins the smell was almost not noticeable. I will note that the smell was never present inside the cabin.
Im guessing there is an issue with the venting system not working properly causing this?
I like to work on my car myself on most things, for this I gave a ring to my indy mechanic as I have no knowledge on how the venting system for this car works yet and hes looking into it. Am I heading in the right direction with this?
Anyone deal with this first hand? Saw some threads about gas smell but didnt have the symptoms I'm encountering.
BMW where I live has sky high pricing on diags and parts, so im trying to avoid having to go to the dealer on this if at all possible.
Thanks for any insight.
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