I'm not positive here..Nut when I drove a Maxima...the same bad mileage/gas smell along indicated the start of a bad fuel injector...Check the base of the injectors...and look for any abnormalaties.... Greyson 76 Rabbit -- To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe scirocco-l" to majordomo@scirocco.org. If you experience other problems, email: scirocco-l-probs@scirocco.org