1996 Hyundai Accent Smell and poor gas mileage

Tiny
KTLLOYDSTSB
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  • 1996 HYUNDAI ACCENT
  • 4 CYL
  • FWD
  • MANUAL
  • 183,000 MILES
Good afternoon. I just had a tune up to my vehicle: spark plug and wire, oil change and filter, fuel filter, air filter, brake pads, and rotors about 2 months ago. Now everytime I am sitting in one spot for a little while I can smell gas fumes from the exhaust in the car through the vents. Also I have been getting poor gas mileage, before the tune up I could go about 334 miles on 1 tank of gas now I have been averaging about 300 miles on 1 tank. Today I have to fill up and I only have about 250 on 1 tank.
Do you know if my fuel filter compartment has to be presurized, coud that be the reason I smell exhaust and the reason I am getting poor gas mileage?
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009 AT 10:45 AM

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Tiny
JACOBANDNICKOLAS
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The fuel system will self presurize. As far as the smell, make sure you didn't bump any vacuum lines off when doing the work on it. Also, has the check engine light come on? Finally, has there been any change in power?
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Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009 AT 12:11 PM

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