Re: E46 Petrol fumes in the car!!!!

keithd <doran.keith@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

There seems to be petrol fumes within the car - which seem to get
stronger when stopped in Traffic - has anybody else had this
problem??? Or know what it may be??

Mine is a 2002 e46 316

If you pop the hood, do you smell it? If you pop the trunk?

Gas fumes either can come from under the hood via the cabin air intake,
or from the trunk via a broken fuel tank venting system. The thing about
gas is that it is very volatile and very smelly, so one drop of gas can
stink up a whole warehouse.

The high pressure fuel system does not take too much to leak. On the
other hand, if you are in the habit of topping-off your tank, you can
also fill your charcoal canister up with fuel very easily and make one
hell of a stink.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: 1992 Explorer wont start
    ... even tried jumping the battery and the engine just cranks fine but does ... There is gas in it. ... Is there pressure at the fuel rail? ... C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." ...
    (rec.autos.tech)
  • Re: Swedish City Shrinks Its Fossil Fuel Use
    ... Doesn't burning methane produce carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas? ... Swedish City Shrinks Its Fossil Fuel Use ... when all of their heat came from ... In Germany alone, about 5,000 biogas systems ...
    (soc.retirement)
  • Re: Camp stoves: Coleman vs. Brunton
    ... of a liquid fuel stove flare-up or the danger of fuel spilling on the floor ... consequences had Rick attempted to cook with this stove inside his tent. ... Using gas in cold weather ... FuelT" or Unleaded Fuel" and only the lowest octane unleaded gas available ...
    (rec.backcountry)
  • Re: generator starting question
    ... saw and small engine shop for one of the farm stores in town. ... I never use ether in a gas engine and frankly have never ... With that generator, Ginger, probably all you'll need to do is crank ... It has an electric fuel pump so it should pull gas from ...
    (rec.outdoors.rv-travel)
  • Re: Support OIl Driilling Off Florida!
    ... You would only fuel up for long distance drives. ... Hydrogen is called a fugitive gas because it can escape from anything. ... permeate solid materials. ... And the energy for the separation and storage comes from where? ...
    (misc.news.internet.discuss)