Corp DL

Greetings, new to this thread, I'm usu. on the W210 page.

I just added a W126 to the family: a beautiful charcoal 1990 300SE in wonderful shape. I'll post pics later. Has 198K & got it for $2,800. It's on it's original transmission, but just about everything else has been replaced/rebuilt by the previous owner.

Only thing I notice is a gasoline odor that is very faint around the exterior of the car; i.e. I only notice it when I'm really close to the car cleaning the rocker panels. Thought I'd ask you guys first to see if this is a common problem. What should I look at?

BTW, I'm so happy to have this car in our family...it is IMO, one of the most beautiful cars EVER!

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1999 E430
1990 300SE

howdosaymercede

Is there any gas leaking on the ground? The fuel pump and filter are right behind the rear wheel (on the v8 models) is everything secure?? Does it smell like gas after its been sitting awhile or after it has been driven??

300sd1985

my experience with my fuel leak was under driver side you have your fuel lines, one of them is the feed line ,one the return line the third one is a brake line ,they have a tendency to corrode due to moisture captivity in the holding bracket.check carefully.
hope this is your problem because the fix will cost you 5$ in parts and maybe 1/2 hour of labour

Corp DL

FYI, this was a bad EHA valve. $70 parts, $368 labor.