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brewer
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Petrol smell on starting
« on: Jan 17th, 2006, 10:33pm » |
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My car is an M-reg cossie.It starts very well but recently I have been able to smell petrol after a cold start. It soon disappears and when the car is restarted but still warm there isn't any smell.The smell is noticeable from outside the car.
All ideas gratefully received!
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mr._floppy
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Re: Petrol smell on starting
« Reply #1 on: Jan 18th, 2006, 4:56pm » |
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I don't think there is a problem,  it's normal to smell petrol on the exhaust when you've just cold started it. The engine needs a richer mixture to fire up, it should disappear after a couple of minutes.
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Re: Petrol smell on starting
« Reply #2 on: Jan 19th, 2006, 10:17pm » |
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No , every now and then there's a strong smell on startup (in the cabin as well as outside) which didn't happen before , it didn't do it today (warm day?)......would you say it's just a build up before the engine fires?
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scorpio_man
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Re: Petrol smell on starting
« Reply #3 on: Jan 20th, 2006, 9:23am » |
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hi there
you shouldn't get any smells. a few things to check are....
exhaust manifold(s), egr pipework, a/c drain pipes for the 1 way valve.
could also be the fuel regulator...http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/fuelrail.htm
hth
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