You were right about the leaky injectors.  Paid $560
to fix at Dodge dealer.  I put it off until I had
another flash fire (lots of smoke second time around) 
Thanks for the help.

Kevin


--- Geoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Agreed, however if the fuel smell is happening on
> startup, the cause is
> probably injector leakdown.  One or more of the fuel
> injectors doesn't seal
> "shut" properly due to fuel contamination or pintle
> wear.  As a result, they
> drip while the car is off, and raw fuel ends up in
> the cylinders.  When you
> start it up, that raw fuel won't burn properly --
> it's not atomized -- so it
> goes out the exhaust.
> 
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