Fuel Smell

[RusH_]

Hey guys,

I've noticed over the past few weeks the smell of fuel in the car, it sort of comes and goes, i think more so when the windows are open than closed, but its been bothering me a bit lately, any ideas what could cause this, the car is pretty much stock bar the pod and fuel pump

Thanks

Steve

[quarkgun]

Carbon/Charcoal Cannister. Its supposed to collect the petrol fumes from your tank... if its not hooked up properly, those fumes may come into the car.

[DrewII]

its not the carbon canister. i havent had my carbon canister hooked up for over a year. this fuel smell starter wafting in the car after a year. i thought it was carbon canister. took it to unique auto sports to get a few things done told them to refit my carbon canister complained about fuel smell. they found a hose that had been melted through leaking petrol fumes into the car. reconnected another hose and fixed the problem decided not to refit canister as they advised its not needed and would have cost too much to put back in. problem fixed. not sure what the hose was connected too lol.

[RusH_]

its not the carbon canister. i havent had my carbon canister hooked up for over a year. this fuel smell starter wafting in the car after a year. i thought it was carbon canister. took it to unique auto sports to get a few things done told them to refit my carbon canister complained about fuel smell. they found a hose that had been melted through leaking petrol fumes into the car. reconnected another hose and fixed the problem decided not to refit canister as they advised its not needed and would have cost too much to put back in. problem fixed. not sure what the hose was connected too lol.

This actually sounds like it could be along the lines for me, i've had the car for just over a year, and when i got a service a little while back i found out one of my return fuel lines was cracking a little, maybe that is the problem

[nuclear_skyline]

what sort of pump do you have? intank or external? external lines in boots and what not are notorious for smelling

[RusH_]

oh forgot to mention its a walbro 255l/hr pump, not sure if that is in tank or external, i think its external as that would be the humming that it sometimes makes

Edited November 10, 2008 by RusH_

[nuclear_skyline]

If its the pump that Slide sells, its an internal pump... THe humming is because it viabrates in the tank...

[RusH_]

no its not from slide, got it from APC when they installed it as the stock pump was gone

[RusH_]

so i replaced 2 of the fuel hoses that were splitting, on saturday, but im still getting the smell, where else should i be looking, i think ill check the rest of the fuel lines, any other suggestions?

[tridentt150v]

Check the big O ring on the tank, its in the boot behind the battery cover. Undo the top and check that the O ring isn't broken.

[RusH_]

Check the big O ring on the tank, its in the boot behind the battery cover. Undo the top and check that the O ring isn't broken.

ok cool, will do this hopefully tonight

[tridentt150v]

Check the two hoses that go into it while your at it, they unclip so can be pulled off while checking the O ring. There is probably a tutorial on replacing your fuel pump in the DIY section, this should tell you how to go about checking and reassembly etc.

[NA_Goodness]

R34 batteries are under the bonnet, not in the boot

[tridentt150v]

Never noticed, had it in my head he had a 33, sorry, yeah, so entry via the boot and under the rear parcel tray.

[burkill]

i could smell fuel in my car once, injectors seals were shot.

[RusH_]

i could smell fuel in my car once, injectors seals were shot.

was that an expensive fix?