goneagain - the smell after filling was a combination of things, but mostly the rubber joint between the filler and tank neck can deteriorate with age, it's a problem common to all series and easily fixed
"When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir "When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me Some TF series details & TF heater pics