02-05-2020, 11:29 PM
During lockdown the car has been unused but I have detected a strong smell of petrol from the rear of the car, (Mk I Ruby), no leaks that I could find, fuel line all good, drain plug tight, unscrewed the fuel filler cap, sniff down the tube but hardly a smell, but down by the OSR wheel and sometimes at the middle of the rear, quite a whiff.
Definitely not leaking, but fuel level indicator on the gauge was about 2 gallons when last on road before lockdown and now showing less than 1 now, car only moving backwards & forwards out of the garage, so no driving to account for the reduction in fuel, anyway, last weekend, I gave it a thorough inspection and I noted that the rubber filler tube was slightly perished, this was new when the car returned to the road in 2015 and would have been actually fitted just before then.
Removed the old rubber filler pipe today and fitted a new one, smell has all gone, on close inspection of the old rubber, the perishing was confined to the outside only, the bore inside was smooth & fine to the naked eye and did not leak, BUT, the rubber stank of petrol, hours later, still really strong, it is like this has been impregnated, I had it in the house to take photographs, but smell was overpowering & had to put it in a zip-seal plastic bag to contain, now in the dustbin.
Topped up with petrol from a fuel can, even petrol drips was nothing compared to the strong as the smell from the rubber filler tube, curious indeed!
Has anyone else experienced this sort of petrol smell problem?
Definitely not leaking, but fuel level indicator on the gauge was about 2 gallons when last on road before lockdown and now showing less than 1 now, car only moving backwards & forwards out of the garage, so no driving to account for the reduction in fuel, anyway, last weekend, I gave it a thorough inspection and I noted that the rubber filler tube was slightly perished, this was new when the car returned to the road in 2015 and would have been actually fitted just before then.
Removed the old rubber filler pipe today and fitted a new one, smell has all gone, on close inspection of the old rubber, the perishing was confined to the outside only, the bore inside was smooth & fine to the naked eye and did not leak, BUT, the rubber stank of petrol, hours later, still really strong, it is like this has been impregnated, I had it in the house to take photographs, but smell was overpowering & had to put it in a zip-seal plastic bag to contain, now in the dustbin.
Topped up with petrol from a fuel can, even petrol drips was nothing compared to the strong as the smell from the rubber filler tube, curious indeed!
Has anyone else experienced this sort of petrol smell problem?