Gas Smell & rough starts

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NJ04HOE

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Hey what's up everybody? I haven't been on much lately but now I'm back with a problem. For the past week I've been smelling gas and my tahoe's been starting kind of hard, I did a little research and I found a video on you tube which shows how to replace the fuel pressure regulator so I thought I'd start with that but just my luck I found out on the 04's and up its in or on the tank. I knew that the fuel pump was in the tank and I was hoping to avoid that for right now. I didn't find a fuel filter on my frame so I'm assuming that's in the tank also?
Has anyone done the fuel pressure regulator, filter or pump on an 04+? I'm looking for any advise on how to handle this because I don't want to take it to a shop and get ripped off.
Thanks in advance for your help



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I had rough starts, smelt gas, and fluctuating idle and it was the intake gasket spraying fuel out i believe, its been awhile.
 
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Thanks 02, I checked that out and didn't see any signs of fuel. Ironically since I started this thread it starts fine now but there's still a smell of fuel.
Anyone else have any suggestions or ideas?


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It turned out to be the fuel pump. The pump itself was working fine but the fitting on top were rusted and leaking fuel.


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