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Strong petrol smell
Posted: Fri May 28, 2004 9:19 pm
by wildfaye
Hi guys, I've noticed that the petrol smell is quite strong from the engine bay after a drive. i can even smell it occasionally in the cabin.
Any ideas here? major repairs not...hmm...
Re: Strong petrol smell
Posted: Fri May 28, 2004 9:29 pm
by smorison
wildfaye wrote:Hi guys, I've noticed that the petrol smell is quite strong from the engine bay after a drive. i can even smell it occasionally in the cabin.
Any ideas here? major repairs not...hmm...
i would say you have a fuel leak somewhere... check all hoses and joints....
Posted: Fri May 28, 2004 9:40 pm
by wildfaye
hmm...my car is not decat...so i would presume there might be a leak somewhere as u have mentioned...
mabe tis fuel leak has been contributing to my poor economy?
lets find out...
too busy to pop by the garage...keep u guys updated...
Posted: Fri May 28, 2004 10:27 pm
by Jono
i think sometimes oil can smell similar to Petrol...
After a hard run, sometimes i can smell a little bit of oil... but i think thats cos lately ive been running without a Crank Case Breather pipe which goes into your engine intake.. still waiting on UAS to send me one long enough for CAI..
Jono
Posted: Fri May 28, 2004 10:36 pm
by smorison
ah crap i knew i forgot to do something....
sorry jono!
sorry my car's been in all week and we've discovered a few problems with it that have kept me a little pre-occupied....
Posted: Sat May 29, 2004 2:52 am
by Jono
thats ok..
jono
Posted: Sat May 29, 2004 4:47 am
by payaya
could be a blocked cat. Sometimes they can smell like petrol when overheating.
or faulty oxygen sensor. When your oxy sensor is faulty, usually causes your engine to run rich. Is your exhuast tip really black? Does it occationally blow black smoke?
Posted: Sat May 29, 2004 6:38 pm
by Blaze
wildfaye, from what you tell, it sounds like the petrol is not burnt completely and that way you can smell it, which i think it flows thru the exhaust. Have you changed the spark plug? If the plugs tip has gone quite a bit, then it is less efficient to produce spark in respect to engine rev. This is only one possible factor of many other factors. I am no expert, but experience tells me, when i had the same problem and replaced the stock one.(the first one with car since built, at least i can tell from the looks). .... and the smell gone
Posted: Sun May 30, 2004 12:50 pm
by wildfaye
Hi Blaze...yups i guess its unburnt fuel i guess...
but i get it onli occassionally...not all the time...my car is not decatted...
nah...just had a full service...all belts n plugs etc were replaced...
i prob monitor e smell 1st before i pop down to e garage...
cheers!