Smell of petrol?

[ticker]

Hi,

after filling up twice yesterday, a distinct smell of petrol was had after,whilst driving, with no roof off. Is this normal?

Dave

[TUS 373]

Do you brim the tank? Was the smell coming front of the car?

[dean c]

I had the same thing turned out to be a slight split in the rubber hose due to the clip being too tight. Worth looking at the hose in the boot and checking it out.

[Wacky Racer]

dean c said:

I had the same thing turned out to be a slight split in the rubber hose due to the clip being too tight. Worth looking at the hose in the boot and checking it out.

Get it checked out pronto, ignore leaking petrol at your peril.....

[J_S_G]

If the car's left sitting in the Sun at all on a hot day after being filled up, the petrol will expand (and quite often overflow a little around the nozzle. Had this happen a couple of times.

Just a thought...

[Wacky Racer]

J_S_G said:

If the car's left sitting in the Sun at all on a hot day after being filled up, the petrol will expand (and quite often overflow a little around the nozzle. Had this happen a couple of times.

Just a thought...

Quite possible.

When I used to fill my old Tiger Supersix fully up on a red hot day, a small amount of petrol used to leak on the garage forecourt via an overflow pipe, but on a normal day it never did it....

[whitey]

petrol is expanding from the tank due to full tank and heat into the charcol overflow canister located in the o/s front wing.

If it happens only for a short period after filling up in the heat, then all is fine. If it happens at other times and petrol is actually dripping from the front o/s wing you may have a blocked/problem with the hose to the charcol canister or an engine problem as excess inlet petrol will be dumped into the canister.

[ticker]

Thanks guys, checked around and no leaking pipes, it was a blazing day, and just after I filled it up, so this could be the case

Fingers crossed, thats it

Dave