So driving to the store to get eggs, i start it and i can smell gas, drive away and its goes away, figure it was someone next to me. Leave store and i smell it again, and pretty much everytime i rev. - HMMmmm get home and pop hood, i see vapor rising from my pass side from what seems right below my front spark plug on that side... after a little snooping i found that my vaccumm hose to the valves on the Other side had come off on the air box..
A: how bad is that? been sucking in bad air for the valves and bypassing the air filter for the intake :<
b: What would cause the vapor/smoke thing on the other side? Could the be related?
kinda worried now :( :( :(

My roommate's WRX smelled like gas when it got cold. He took it to the stealership and they fixed it right away. I don't remember what the cause was, but I am under the impression that they know the problem and it is common because they did it immediately and gave the car back to him that day.

oooh good -Whew that makes me feel a little better, today was the first day that it got COLD and i had it out earlier and it didnt smell, only when i went back out..

ok, well reading up on the TSB - seems to be only for 2.0L Turbos, doesnt help with the gas smell.. no more smoke from the pass side, and the breath tube is back in place
if i were to bring it in (unless anyone else has ideas on what it might be) Would a DIY CAI be something that would kill my warr.? (the little i have left) - probably a dealer by dealer situation eh?