C5 hard start - gasoline smell

Just a guess by what you're saying, check the valve cap looking
fitting on the fuel rail to see if it is loose/leaking. Then again the
'97 has an external fuel filter and threaded joints that could be
loose or botched if they changed that and they should have. Check for
the raw gas smell just inside the left rear wheel and forward a bit.
By the way if that is leaking it is doing it on the exhaust pipe. In
other words if you have driven it until it is hot and then crank it
very long you may be in for a situation you don't need or want.

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Dad
05 C6 Silver/Red 6spd Z51
72 Shark Black/Black/4spd

Service shop figured it out. The dealer had changed the fuel filter at
the last service. When they put the new one in, they left the old
o-rings in and installed it with the new o-rings as well... too many
o-rings caused the leak. It's fixed fine now, but I'll never return to
the dealer again. Too many screw-ups there and trying to sell
unnecessary stuff. The dealer is Frede Chevrolet in Clear Lake, TX, by
the way.

if you really feel you have a problem with service ?
you should contact GM's complaint department.
http://www.chevrolet.com/contactus /

g'day
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"Key"
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Thanks for that link... I'll use it.
'Key wrote: