Strong gas smell when starting

Originally Posted by Jhill

Well I'll have to disconnect my mafs to make sure the z doesn't do something different than what I'm used to but from what I'm hearing is it's running really well at cruise load but issues at idle (where engine are most sensitive). I've seen engines with moderate leak down (valve train issues) do this but it's usually accompanied by a rougher idle and an intermittent misfire but at 158k on an engine not known to have valvetrain issues I doubt it, vacuum leaks can cause this but I would suspect your fuel trim would be going + not -, mafs acting up (typically accompanied with a dead spot in the powerband) but I'll admit none of the car lines I've worked for had dual intakes but I assume it averages

both. I will say I have had one injector have a poor spray pattern sort of have the same symptoms you describe but again a rough idle and misfire that would smooth out and run fine at cruise with more airflow/turbulence to atomize the fuel (not sure what fuel trims would be doing as it was pre obd) but this is highly unlikely i think. Slightly leaking injector but usually accompanied with a stumbling start.



Do you have a scope with amp clamp? If so scope the amperage for the injectors power wire (before it splits into parallel) and see if all the injector amperage are relitively equal.