drpete

Two smells: Gas smell after partial half tank fill up even after new tank, lines, etc. No obvious gas leak. Goat like smell(checked trunk, no goat) worse after servicing. Any thoughts?

Frankie the Fink

Wouldn't know about that....my 61 has the."goat delete" option.

Make sure your gas tank cavity cover is sealed.

59BlueSilver

Have you checked the condition of your gas cap? What servicing?

wmf62

what year?

drpete

Gas cap might be loose, will replace. Just had one valve cover gasket replaced, smell worse.

drpete

60 with auto trans.

azmusclecar

Maybe you're driving a PONTIAC..............sorry but the obvious is usually the first thing overlooked.

drpete

New gas cap ordered, but no gas smell around old cap. But hard to imagine how that would produce the goat smell.

Frankie the Fink

Goat smell prob something in the "soft" bits. Seat foam, dash pads, etc

drpete

A good possibility....not an easy fix!

Boyan

Have you gotten Mediterranean takeout lately????

Frankie the Fink

You could try closing up the car with 2-3 open boxes of baking soda for a few days. If that doesn't do it then I think you are in for some work.

babbah

"baaaaaa"

ricks327

Are you sure this isn't on the car somewhere?

AZDoug

What's the history of the car?

Did you just get it, of have you had it for a while.

That may provide clues.

If you have had it for a while, is this a new occurrence?

Doug

5thvet

What exactly does a goat smell like? Never encountered one.

ejboyd5

Stopped by a local farm to smell a goat (several actually). Most interesting experience depending on which part of the goat is being assessed. Didn't find anything that remotely smelled like anything associated with an automobile. Will need more information if I am going to be of assistance.

Vette Daddy

I once owned the 1960 Corvette that Burt Reynolds bought for Lonnie Anderson. It also smelled like a goat. Not sure why????

66jack

SDVette

Some good ideas in this thread..

My '61 sat for 30 years.. When I started working on it, it smelled terrible.. It really was a combination of things.. New carpet/seats/foam was a major improvement, but the general "de-gunking" of the engine bay and undercarriage all reduced the stink as well. I had mice living in the trunk at some point, and that is proving to be very difficult to get rid of that smell - still get a whaft of it somewtimes...





The gas smell probably deserves the most attention.. I think you started another thread about that one.. Get that figured out first! I replaced everything (tank, filler, sender, vents, etc.) and initially had a bad gas odor. Went back and re-tightened the screws holding the sender to the tank, as well as using foam insulation on the tank cover - and now I never smell gas at all.