So i have noticed a bit of a gas smell ever since i have owned the car. I have had many ideas and seen many causes of a gas smell on these forums but just the other day i noticed a small spot on my driveway under the back of the car. The ashphalt has been eaten away where the spot is and it smells like gas.

Is that in fact a gas leak or is it something else?

The spot seems to be right in the middle of the car at the front of the gas tank as if the fuel sloshes out the top and drips down the front of the tank. Is there something there that could have malfunctioned?

 

Had the exact same leak some years ago...

The hard fuel lines travel up the drivers side of the car and then make a 90 degree turn to travel up the rear of the storage bins. Right there is where road salt and moisture collects and rusts out a tiny pinhole in the lines. Won't firehose fuel out so you will never notice it until you see the drip or the tiny stream of fuel exiting when the pump runs. Since mine was on the return line the pressure was so low that it would only drip once or twice in a 10 second period.

My bet is that's the cause of your leak. Keep in mind that if you fuel lines are rusty, once you distrub them, you will be replacing the whole line front to back. Probably the same for the lone brake pipe as well. Luckily these are not expensive and you can always make your own with standard tubing.

 

lovely... grr