Bad Fuel Smell? Read on......

[Bazelinez]

Hey guys,

I'm only writing this since I had this problem and now a mate with an R32 has the same thing.

Ever since I imported my car there has been a fairly pronounced fuel smell all the time. I put this down to rich mixtures as my Silvia had the same thing.

Recenty when I filled up my car it started peeing itself everywhere. I thought it was the compliance restrictor but turns out no.

On the top right of the fuel tank looking from the back there is a vent hose just behind the main filling pipe. This was perished beyond a joke on my car and was leaking like a siv.

To access the pipe you need to take off the right rear wheel and the plastic liner on the left hand side of the wheel arch that covers the fuel filler pipe. You'll see the vent hose that leads to the top near the filler and thento the top of the tank.

Take off the crappy hose gripper things and bin them. Take off the pipe and measure it against a pipe at Repco/supercheap whatever. I used the heater hose off an old falcon. Not a perfect fit but good enough.

Also buy two decent hose clamps. Cut the pipe to length and install over the lips at both ends. The filler side is easy to attach and tighten up however the nipple is only plastic so don't go crazy tightening it up. The tank side is a bit harder, requiring monkey arms or two people.

To get access to be able to do up the fuel tank side hose clamp you need to open the boot, take off the little liner door on the right and reach down, you'll feel a plastic boot vent. There are two 10mm nuts holfing this on at the top and some nasty black sealant. Once the nuts are off, jimmy the vent with a screw driver till it comes off. WATCH THE BOOT LINING! The black stuff is sticky as hell.

Now with someone on the floor holding the clamp from the bottom you should be able to get a socket screw driver (don't use a regular flat head) onto the clamp going in throught the hole made by the missing vent. Its a metal nipple so do it up quite tight to prevent leakage.

Replace all your lining and stuff, check the filler hose to see if that is okay (mine was fine) and your done!

Enjoy your new smell free car.

[Girigiri]

Thanks for the great info!Ill heck my leak out on the weekend. i took the wheel off and the lining once before to try to fi it with no luck but i had never noticed the part you are referring to. Should I take out the filler neck to get to the pipe? I should i drop the whole tank out? (r32)

[daler32]

sounds like my problem thanks for the info will check it out this weekend. oh and that black sticky stuff comes of piece of cake with a bit of turps

[Bazelinez]

Nah dude no need to drop the tank.

Look at the top of the filler pipe you'll see another smaller hose joining it the size of a heater hose. Follow it down, it heads toward the back of the car and joins the tank. Its at the tank junction its most likely to be perished. Change the whole hose, costs sfa, just get one that's a close match.

Filled my car up today choccas and its fine, no smell or anything.

beauty.

[SirSkyline]

ahh execellent im having the same problem thanks Bazelinez

[Bazelinez]

No worries dude, maybe this should be made a sticky. The leaky R32s are coming out of the woodwork...

Now for that rocker cover oil leak.......

[SirSkyline]

I got a 33

[B0oStEr]

Good tip buddy .

I'm sure heaps of people have this problem as I've had a few people tell me about a fuel smell.

Just one thing though, I don't think heater hose is safe with fuel.

It might be better to spend a few dollars on fuel safe hose.

[tuyen]

woohoo thanks man.. i get similar problem, it's on and off.. when fuel tank is full the smell which comes into the car is stronger than when its closer to empty. Sometimes its so fricking strong its like fuel being forced out the air con vents. Headache + late night driving = not safe. :S

ill try check it out if i know how to

[Bazelinez]

Possibly but the hose I took off wasn't specifically fuel hose? Looked identical.

If you can find fuel hose that big it would be better to use it though....