Smell the petrol

[morbid hammer]

i have just bought my first golf gti mk3 and well impressed but since using it for couple of weeks when the car is driven then if on tick over there is a slight smell of petrol that wafts into the car
 i am no mechanic but is this a problem with the carb or electrial one might be drawing to much petrol when its on tick over , wa wondering if any one else had the same problem ?

[Diamond Hell]

is this a problem with the carb ?

You've bought a GTI - there's an I at the end of that moniker - it indicates that you have a motor fueled by injection, not a carb.

Any petrol smell at idle could come as a result of either the vapour recovery equipment in the engine bay, which might have been hacked about, or alternatively there could be a problem with the petrol tank breather pipes at the back of the car.  Get the bonnet open and check there's not a leak under there, too - has the potential to be very dangerous.

[Wayne]

Check all your breather hoses under the bonnet 1st, you may find one split.

[Diamond Hell]

I would check all your breather hoses under the bonnet.

I'd take him up on his offer - what a helpful guy!

[Jay]

I would check all your breather hoses under the bonnet.

Gee wilikers, if only there were more people like him.

[morbid hammer]

cheers for that 
it was the hose that goes from the air intake into black box ontop of engine and down has split both side
 Where is the best place to source a new 1 or second hand ?
 once agin cheers for the advice   

[Wayne]

cheers for that 
it was the hose that goes from the air intake into black box ontop of engine and down has split both side
 Where is the best place to source a new 1 or second hand ?
 once agin cheers for the advice   

Best bet is Vw, I got the same pipe a year ago and it was around £18 + vat