When starting in cold weather, a strong smell of gas is caused by a leaking fuel hose under the intake manifold on the passenger side of the engine. Only occurs in cold weather almost always when starting. A metal fuel line comes up under the manifold, joins to a 3-4 inch rubber fuel line, then back to a metal fuel line going to the back. The design engineer for this needs to be hung up by his thumbs. Why is this line not continuous metal? And if you really had to put in a rubber line segment, why on Gods green earth is a rubber fuel line under the intake and right above the exhaust manifold not shielded?

Replacing this short section of fuel line was a major PITA. You are working under the intake manifold with a section too short to just bend the rubber line and slip over each end of metal line. Not wanting to remove the intake manifold or bend metal fuel lines back and forth, I worked with long skinny tools and slide the new section all the way back on one side, then slid it forward to the other side, secured the clamps. Sounds easy? HA!