Fuel Smell at Cold Starts

McLoven1t562 · 2022-10-08T20:30:46+00:00

Hey everyone, I tried searching the 3rd Gen section but wasn't finding my problem. Lately I've been getting a strong fuel smell that comes into the cabin only on cold starts regardless of outside temp. Strong enough to where I need to open a window. Then of course once the temp goes up (about 5+ minutes) the smell is gone. I did just replace the EVAP Canister with a brand new OEM from Toyota because I had this issue for a few weeks and once I replaced the canister it stopped happening for about a month, but now it's back to smelling and I can't see any visible leaks. Hoping you kind folks could help prioritize what I need to be looking out for. Thanks in advance

Thread starter McLoven1t562
Start date Oct 8, 2022

giovannie23

New member

Oct 29, 2022

I also had a gas leak that i would smell only on cold starts. I started looking around and noticed gas slowly dripping down the back of the engine. I had a o ring on the injectors go bad.

I think it was leaking the whole time i would be driving, but with the engine hot it would evaporate before it would give off a smell.

I also had no cel codes pop up