petrol smell

[kingfisher]

as you may know i have just ut another engine in my fronty , a c20ne , over the past few days there as been a smell of petrol coming from the car , i have checked all the pipes , plus all the pipes that run underneath the car , it doesn,t seem to be losing petrol according to the gauge , but when i open the front door of the house i can smell petrol , i did notice when i was under the car that the pipes were shoing signs of corrosion but they wasn't wet , any ideas

[Alfie]

Possibly a split or perrished pipe on the top of the fuel pump. I think this is a common fault, you'll need to drop your tank to check it out. Send Jellybaby a pm I think he.s done his twice. I'm sure he''ll give you some pointers

[kingfisher]

cheers alf , i,ll send jellybaby a pm tommorrow

[Drift]

Also check the filler pipe, these some times split or perish.

[woodwizzard]

Is it deffo from that car and not the one parked next to it? Go on, tell me that ones a diesel

[jellybaby]

i renewed the pipes from the tank to the pipes attached to the chassie even made them longer so that if i droped the tank i would have more play. be carefull of the wireing attached to the pump its not that long. aoke the bolts in wd40 days before you drop the tank. i can't remember what size pipe off the top of my head. and get a hand if you can. also check the rubber seal round the filler cap mine has perrished so as a quick fix theres just a peice of flexi rubber put on top of the other seal

top of tank closest to the center of the pump is the fuel supply out, next to that is the fuel return the other two with whe white plugs are breather pipes connected to the engine bay via a charcoal canister

pipes connected to chassi

check the joints on the tank too and where the filler and breathe join

got a spare cap and a spare tank if you need it
hope this is some help

[jellybaby]

its also good while you can get to everything to give what you can a good clean scrape any mud off and out of all the gaps

[TonyG]

Just replaced the tiny section of rubber pipe forward of the filter today on my 2.0 Sport. Half way down chassis offside.

Easy job, - quite often goes, a known fault. Usually announces itself with a smell of petrol before it starts to eventually drip. Doubt if this was your problem (you probably know about this anyhow!) but always useful to mention for any newbies on site to the old things!

Tone.

[jellybaby]

no didnt know but then the last owner never replaced the fuel filter just bypassed it one of the jobs on the list to do i've got a fuel fuel filter off another car that i'll fit when i get chance

[john (smifffy)]

just replaced the pump on my 2.0lt sports the metal pipes off the top of the pump were rotten i tried to repaire but had to get new pump its the same pump as a 2.4 if you need to get one
the pipe i used was reinforced 5/16 petrol pipe about £2.50 a meter with jubilee clips

the 4 bolts that hold the tank to the chassis was 17mm i gave them a good spray with WD40 for a couple of days before i did it took about 1hr to do with the son helping i changed all rubber pipe and filter as well

[kingfisher]

thanks guys , looks like i,ll be busy this weekend , oh by the way the car nxt to it was the volvo with the fuel rail problem , that car was sold on sat , but the smell was still here this morning when i went out to work , thanks again guys

[TonyG]