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Offline dannysgti

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petrol smell in car
« on: 09 July 2006, 13:29 »
 :sad: wondered if anyone can help just bought a mk3 golf gti 16v and if i leave the car for a while and then go out in it, theres a strong smell of petrol for just few miniutes. then its gone ive checked underneath the car in the engine bay , and cant see any petrol leaking and done all this whilst it was even running any ideas please
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Offline AudiA8Quattro

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Re: petrol smell in car
« Reply #1 on: 09 July 2006, 13:50 »
Follow your nose, where is it coming from?
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Offline dannysgti

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Re: petrol smell in car
« Reply #2 on: 09 July 2006, 14:08 »
pretty hard to do it the smell is just in the car ive checked under the back seats and where the fuel filter is but theres no signs of a leak
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Offline Slippeddisc

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Re: petrol smell in car
« Reply #3 on: 09 July 2006, 20:57 »
I had this probelm with my mk3 8v.  When idling it stank of petrol real bad..couldn't run the heater when sat at a junction.  Found out the breather hoses were split. Might be worth checking these as I've changed mine and it doesn't smell any more.
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Re: petrol smell in car
« Reply #4 on: 17 July 2006, 19:23 »
Quote from: Slippeddisc on 09 July 2006, 20:57
I had this probelm with my mk3 8v.  When idling it stank of petrol real bad..couldn't run the heater when sat at a junction.  Found out the breather hoses were split. Might be worth checking these as I've changed mine and it doesn't smell any more.

Yep, tenner says its the breather pipe - had this meself too
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