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Model specific boards => Golf mk4 => Topic started by: (shakey) on 29 October 2012, 15:13

Title: airbox strong smell of fuel?
Post by: (shakey) on 29 October 2012, 15:13

as above just disconnected the maf and there was was strong smell of fuel is this normal as i dont recall my old golf being like that.

1.8 turbo

Title: Re: airbox strong smells of fuel?
Post by: Dalo Harkin on 29 October 2012, 18:09

If you disconnect the MAF, the ECU uses stock settings, so it will run richer than if you had the MAF connected

Title: Re: airbox strong smells of fuel?
Post by: (shakey) on 29 October 2012, 19:07

sorry only disconnected the maf to take the air box out.

it was smelling of fuel after i had been driving it i was putting in a new panel filter in and noticed it was smelling.

so the car is running rich for what reason could this be.

Title: Re: airbox strong smell of fuel?
Post by: james2 on 29 October 2012, 20:27

if its running rich you will smell it out the exhaust. Remember the engine breathers behind the maf iv never tryed sniffing mine but it proberly smell like a fuel smell.  :laugh: