Strong Fuel smell inside....urgent help needed!!!

[gor131-x]

suggesting piston rings are worn if fuel smell is coming from crank breather hose

[Wayne]

suggesting piston rings are worn if fuel smell is coming from crank breather hose

Have you done or had done a compression test.

[gor131-x]

not yet,i phoned up yesterday and had it booked for the 3rd of jan

wouldn't i have more problems than just fuel if the head was on its way out?

[axewielder]

> and the raw fuel is going past the piston rings and into the bottom of the engine?
If so then you've not got ignition somewhere.  It'd be blown out of the exhaust in preference to going past the rings I'd expect.  Your oil would also be screwed - aka 1/2 oil and 1/2 fuel!  Nice!

sorry man but when the fuel mixture is in the cylinder it is then compressed on the compression stroke when the valves are shut, if the rings are worn then it wont compres properly+ let some of the mixture past the pistons into the crank case, but ure right the oil will be watwred right down 
plus just borrow a compression tester off of someone nearby, save some money?
have you changed the ecu any of these engine swaps as it may just be a buggered ecu?

[gor131-x]

if the ecu was buggered,wouldnt that come up in a diagnostic? only thing that came up was the lambda

oil looks fine too,not watered down or anything

[axewielder]

no ecu doesnt have fault codes for im f**ked up, its a possibility
does the oil smell like petrol? + if not then the fuel smell wont be from the crankcase breather+ will poss be from fuel rail or somewhere nearby

[gor131-x]

you can smell it coming out of the hose,the smoke is actually visible due to the cold weather,its definitely from the breather hose,im going to pull off the manifold after xmas because i havent got another gasket and don't want to put the manifold back on without one

[javalin]

you've kinda answered your own question...

"why would it be running rich?"

>temperature needle goes to zero when driving
Coolant Temperature sensor, or wiring, sounds very suspect.  Will also cause rich running!

>if the ecu was buggered,wouldnt that come up in a diagnostic?
extremely unlikely that the ECU is buggered

Happy christmas all,

James

[gor131-x]

would the car run lean or leak fuel OR smell fuel from the breather hose if the hose coming off the fuel pressure regulator wasn't connected?

or would it even start?

just took the manifold off and im pretty sure that wasnt connected,but just want to confirm as i may have pulled it off

[gor131-x]

i just smelt the oil from the oil filler cap and it smells more like the fuel tank

guess im looking at bad news then