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sarap38

New Member

• Jun 30, 2011

• #1

i hv a p38 m reg 4.6 seems to be drinking more fuel than usual and occassionally when i switch of and walk past i smell fuel any suggestion welcome or its going lol

 

discomalc

New Member

• Jun 30, 2011

• #2

Looking for a leak in the fuel system would seem a good place to start.

 

j the range

New Member

• Jun 30, 2011

• #3

cats may have gone if you doing short runs your no burning the fuel off try changing your plugs..

 

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sarap38

New Member

• Jun 30, 2011

• #4

ive had a look as well as i can and cant see or feel a leak i hv replaced ht leads as mine looked the org 1s and not great il change the plugs shortly i must admit i dont really travel far (cant at the moment as im lucky to do 36miles on 20 quid lol ) theres not a constant smell of fuel and dosent happen every trip

 

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Pete The Biker

Active Member

• Jun 30, 2011

• #5

My Classic smelt of petrol at the back of the car. It had done this for some time but I could never trace where the smell was coming from.

Turned out that the fuel pipes had corroded where they passed over the chassis rail above the rear axle.

I found out what the source of the leak was after £40 of petrol had been dumped over the road!

Pete

 

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sarap38

New Member

• Jun 30, 2011

• #6

um great lol well i feel i may as well drive down the rd and chuck £20 notes out the window wouldnt be so bad if i had an endless supply

 

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spender

New Member

• Jun 30, 2011

• #7

Mine was drinking a load of fuel and could smell fuel strongly, turned out to be the lambda sensors.. If they're not working properly you could have unburnt fuel in the cats..

 

kooky_guy

Well-Known Member

• Jun 30, 2011

• #8

Don't the fuel pipes corrode above the tank at the sender?

I think mine are gone here, as the MOT tester could smell fuel from that area but couldn't find any leaks - he was a bit miffed as he really wanted to fail it.

 

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sarap38

New Member

• Jun 30, 2011

• #9

umm a few things i can try waste of time goin to a garage round here as they hate the p38 they norm charge me £200 just to walk in