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stafford
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petrol smell in car
« on: Aug 10th, 2007, 8:04am » |
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Hello all...
Just recently there is a smell of petrol/ gas in my car. The car is a LPG run scorp so rarely use petrol the smell is a sort of mix of gas and petrol. Is it possible that the air con gas can smell like this a bit ?? Is bit stronger when the Air con is on i think. Is this a sign of a leak in the lpg system still getting 190-200 miles to a 56 litre tank in the boot from round town driving.
thanks in advance
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pete from Hull
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Re: petrol smell in car
« Reply #1 on: Aug 10th, 2007, 8:14am » |
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If you have any suspitions of LPG leaks you should turn it off and contact a registered LGP installers for a check up.
It could be a smell from the aircon but if it was me I would have it looked at soonest.... if not only for peace of mind. the installation should be serviced yearly anyway which would find such a leak.
hth
Pete
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stafford
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Re: petrol smell in car
« Reply #3 on: Aug 10th, 2007, 8:28pm » |
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ok its definately coming from the vents when the aircon is blowing hard ,,is it the smell of aircon gas do you think?
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Re: petrol smell in car
« Reply #4 on: Aug 10th, 2007, 9:04pm » |
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I had a problem like this last year ,I dont have LPG .But I can tell you the smell of petrol was weak at first and after a few weeks got stronger and stronger .It was coming in through the vents or so I thought .It turned out to be a whole in the top of the tank .The only way I found this out was when you undo the filler cap you dont get that psssssss noise . might be worth a look .
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Re: petrol smell in car
« Reply #5 on: Aug 11th, 2007, 8:57am » |
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im going to get it up on ramps and im going to spend some dosh on her Im obsessing about a jaguar xjr with cream leather at the mo so my li scorp bless her hasnt really got much attention maybe shes pine a bit!!! lol
Scorpioman ..how much will a service of the LPG set me back pls?
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Re: petrol smell in car
« Reply #6 on: Aug 11th, 2007, 10:32am » |
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hi there
autogas200 do a health check for £47.
see http://autogas2000.co.uk/ it's in the autogas shop.
hth
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Re: petrol smell in car
« Reply #7 on: Aug 11th, 2007, 2:30pm » |
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brill gonna do all the underbonnet stuff later wen sun goes down and only 50 for a service ..nice one !! 
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