Nissan Repair: gas leak, road debris, gas hose


Question
I have a 1993 altima, today when I went to the bank I turn on the car and immediatly smelled gas.  Turn off the car look underneath and saw that something was leaking in the middle of the car and the only thing I smelled was gas.  Could you please let me know what in the underneath middle of the car that contains gas?  Hose? Thank you for your time, Flor

Answer
Flor,

The fuel tank on the car has a hose that connects to the fuel injection and the hose could be rotted out since the car is a 1993.  I just replaced the hose on an 87 Stanza that had a rotted out hose.  Also, you could have run over something in the road that could have caused a cut or dent in the fuel line and lastly the tank could have a hole in it from road debris.  I would get the car up on a lift and check all the lines and the tank.