BAD FUEL SMELL
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muzz
- E30 Zone Newbie
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- Location: australia/brisbane
hi can any of you nice people help me with a prob .i own a 1986 325i cab and it drives great only 1 problem after driving and i tun off the ignition i can smell fuel from what it apears to be left hand side rear yes i know where the fuel pump is but i cannot see any signs of raw fuel any ideas thanks
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Brianmoooore
- E30 Zone Team Member
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Trouble with petrol is that it evaporates! It doesn't need much of a leak for you to smell it either.
Problem will be a cracking rubber hose, leaking connection, corroded fuel filter, rusty tank, rusty filler pipe, perished filler hose or broken fuel pump O ring. (Hopefully just one of them, not all)
You'll have to get underneath and check.
Check the hoses at the front in the engine bay as well.
Problem will be a cracking rubber hose, leaking connection, corroded fuel filter, rusty tank, rusty filler pipe, perished filler hose or broken fuel pump O ring. (Hopefully just one of them, not all)
You'll have to get underneath and check.
Check the hoses at the front in the engine bay as well.
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alane
- E30 Zone Regular
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- Location: erdington birmingham
i had a simular problem recently found a perished hose running up to the fuel rail replaced hose problem solved ..