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Offline Xtrhardcore

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Smell of fuel when blowers are on??
« on: 04 December 2012, 08:45 »
Little worries as I can smell fuel when the heater blowers are going, either on hot or cold.
Found a pipe that runs into a box ontop of the rocker cover with a split on it, guessing its a breather hose, would this be my problem is could it be more sinister?

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Re: Smell of fuel when blowers are on??
« Reply #1 on: 04 December 2012, 09:03 »
Yeah it will be the split breather

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Re: Smell of fuel when blowers are on??
« Reply #2 on: 04 December 2012, 09:12 »
That breather should not give a fuel smell. An oil smell yes.
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Re: Smell of fuel when blowers are on??
« Reply #3 on: 04 December 2012, 13:36 »
Why would it give the smell of oil when it's pretty much connected to the tb?
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Re: Smell of fuel when blowers are on??
« Reply #4 on: 04 December 2012, 15:11 »
The rocker cover should only have oil in there.
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Re: Smell of fuel when blowers are on??
« Reply #5 on: 04 December 2012, 15:26 »
Nooooooo it's not a breather coming from the rocker cover it goes into a black box ontop of the cover and the breathers branch of into the throttle body buddy
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Re: Smell of fuel when blowers are on??
« Reply #6 on: 04 December 2012, 15:30 »
Little worries as I can smell fuel when the heater blowers are going, either on hot or cold.
Found a pipe that runs into a box ontop of the rocker cover with a split on it, guessing its a breather hose, would this be my problem is could it be more sinister?

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Thats what you wrote! :rolleyes:
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Re: Smell of fuel when blowers are on??
« Reply #7 on: 04 December 2012, 16:02 »
Sorry mate haha! Meant it run into the throttle body too  :rolleyes:
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Re: Smell of fuel when blowers are on??
« Reply #8 on: 05 December 2012, 09:01 »
It does help us to help you if you are precise in what you say! :wink:
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