fuel lines

[colin mee]

I have strong smell of petrol in the car.not in the engine bay.do the fuel lines run through the body or under the car.thanks.colin

[Grady]

They go under the body but the filler hose goes through the side behind the trim. In addition to bad hoses, the metal section of filler pipe can crack. Grady

[colin mee]

I dont get smells when its left in the garage. .I will have a look.but I dont get any fuel on the floor.

[keatsie]

Depending on the model you may also get fuel smell coming in from the heater vents from the engine bay. But I would check the fuel filler neck, the fumes get pulled into the cabin if there is a crack or damaged to either filler pipe or the connecting hose.

[mrzigazaga]

Hi mate...When you say the smell of fuel in the car is it raw fuel smells or exhaust fumes..If the latter then check the boot seal and the gearstick gaiter as under that there is a seal that can let in smells or it could be a slightly weeping manifold or down pipe gasket.

As said there is a breather on the filler neck which is just behind you under the rear driver side trim..The bit with speakers in...This will be more so if you can smell raw fuel..Or the fuel line under the car.

There is an atmospheric breather that runs in the boot and out over the N/S rear wheel arch...It would be advisable to get the car up in the air at a local garage if you can and have a good look at all the fuel hose...It might be nothing but you shouldn't be smelling raw fuel inside the car..Round near the boot yeah thats normal...Don't leave it....Ziga

[bradderztvr]

Release the two struts behind the seats and lower the hood !!. Lol.
Seriously, most likely fumes through the heater ducts. Try shutting the controls off and see if that changes things.

[Wedg1e]

My car always used to smell of fuel around the left-hand rear wheel; I put it down to the tank breather exiting under the left wing but it turned out the left-hand fuel tank had a pin-prick hole in the top face that fuel would bubble from when driving. Impossible to see until I took the tanks out...

[colin mee]

Closed the vents and think its gone.did not help with one vent upside down. Thought it was closed and it was open.you got to love these wedges.lol

[bradderztvr]

The older cars drawn fresh air through a duck on the bonnet and if the seal (a piece of dense foam) doesn't seal from the bonnet to the matrix box it will draw fumes from the engine bay. On later cars I've seen duct pipes drawing air straight from the engine bay ? So not sure how that keeps it fume free ? unless you use a longer pipe right to the front of the car near the nose ?

[mrzigazaga]

bradderztvr said:

On later cars I've seen duct pipes drawing air straight from the engine bay ? So not sure how that keeps it fume free ? unless you use a longer pipe right to the front of the car near the nose ?

And then in traffic you are pulling in the car in fronts smelly exhaust...Id rather smell my engine so i know if there is any petrol leaking...Electrical burning...Steam or bacon and eggs cooking...

A bit re-think of what is going on there is needed...My dash keeps dropping forward so I'm going to have to bite the bullet soon...Plus i need to change some illumination bulbs...Wah!!!!