Jimmi, if you topped it off right before you parked it then you may have guessed correctly, she definitely overflowed on you. The fuel fresh from an underground tank can be as low as 55° if it's been in the tanks for a while. Made that mistake on the first fill up and there after always made a point of driving 15 or 20 miles before shutting her down and letting her sit.
It is possible that your connector hose is dried out and some is seeping out there but you should see that after a fill up. Another spot that often generates fumes is the gas gauge gasket. I've had mine '50 parked in a garage attached to the kitchen with the kitchen door open for nearly two years now. It had a half tank of petrol in it when I parked it with the stock vented gas cap and I taint smelled a thing, since I put her there. And believe me when I say, my “big old wife” would have taken the frying pan to me if it were stinkin’ up her kitchen!
And before someone pipes up, let me say yesssss, I know that it's not a good idea to leave it in storage with, some say full, some say empty so I just left it half full to satisfy everybody. And no, I'm not going to start it back up with that two year old gas in her tank.
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL
Last edited by Denny Graham; 07/21/2011 11:47 AM.
