Petrol Smell

[sone]

I'm getting a strong smell of petrol in the engine bay of my car on the nearside. Nothing obvious but seems to be stronger when I put the nearside pump on.
Anything I should look for impaticular, are there any tools that I can use to find the leak.

Any ideas would be appreciated.

Cheers

Steve

[Steve_D]

Some types of hose leak petrol at the molecular level. I have the same problem and borrowed a gas detector from work. No reading alongside fittings but a higher reading alongside the pipes than putting the detector down the barrel of the carb.

Steve

[TangoGTR]

sone said:

are there any tools that I can use to find the leak.

A lit match !!

Joking aside, Steve D's comment makes sense, although surely with the recent engine work on the car, it had all new fuel lines installed anyway ?

[sone]

Steve_D said:

Some types of hose leak petrol at the molecular level. I have the same problem and borrowed a gas detector from work. No reading alongside fittings but a higher reading alongside the pipes than putting the detector down the barrel of the carb.

Steve

Thanks Steve sounds like a good idea!.

[Storer]

I found that the pipes from the fuel filler to the tank were perished on mine (12 years old) so worth a check. They look OK until you squeeze them.

The problem with the aeroquip type hoses is that you can't see the rubber pipe.


Paul