[W126 Coupe] very big petrol smell

[Mister McGoo]

Is this a serious problem?  Sorry, it's hard to understand what the problem is.
 
First off, DON'T start the car in a garage.  
 
It sounds as though you removed your mufflers replacing them with a straight pipe to the back.  Which mufflers??  The one in the middle and the one at the back?  (Not that it really matters)  The car will sound louder, yes? 
 
And the smell... is it gasoline (petrol) or is it exhaust fumes?  This is important.  Is there gasoline (petrol) leaking in your engine compartment?  Look very carefully if there is wetness that smells like petrol.  If so, don't start your car in a garage, and particularly DON'T start it if the garage is attached to your house, OK?
 
If your car starts and is running fine, and your exhaust system is fine (except loud) and you run your car in your garage until you can't breath and you can't see, then you DO have a fairly serious problem and it's NOT your car.
 
-Bellamy 


Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 10:32:13 -0800From: alejandrobenz at yahoo.esTo: mbcoupes at mbcoupes.comSubject: [W126 Coupe] very big petrol smell




Hello.
I want to know if somebody can help me with a smelling problem, I have a 500 SEC 1984 .I heard an air outlet in the rear part  and I realized that there were like two round shaped noise absorbers, and they were very rusty. I took them away connecting with a direct tube. I thought that could be a noise problem, but it was no so, the only problem that I realized was, that in a garage when starting the engine and after  a few moments I couldn't keep my eyes open and can't breath. What I don't know if that things that were taken off, were for recycling the air comming from the engine backwards inside, or by the time, started a VALVE problem and the petrol comes out directly from the injection or it has an INJECTION problem. I'll apreciate any comment about this. 
 
Thank very much in advance for your replies
alejandrobenz at yahoo.es 

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