| Yep. I've been concerned with that since I first got my car on the road. 
Unless you want to run a charcoal vapor recovery canister and lines to 
the carbs, there's nothing you can do about it.
It's just the way old cars were.
jbregman@mac.com wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>I have been trying to track down a smell of gasoline from my TR3, and 
>thought I found the problem with a loose vent line connection.  But the 
>smell is still there and seems to be near the gas tank.  Yesterday I 
>had the rear wheel off on the passenger's side and noticed that the 
>vent line was just an open tube, .......
>  
>
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1975 Triumph TR6 - Undergoing restoration    
1972 Triumph Stag - Daily Driver
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