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(Message started by: stafford on Aug 10^th, 2007, 8:04am)

Title: petrol smell in car
Post by stafford on Aug 10^th, 2007, 8:04am

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

Title: Re: petrol smell in car
Post by petehull on Aug 10^th, 2007, 8:14am

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

Title: Re: petrol smell in car
Post by scorpio_man on Aug 10^th, 2007, 11:34am

hi there

i'd check for a cracked exhaust manifold and/or one of the a/c drain tubes to be missing.... http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/acdrain.htm

also, the a/c system may need a clean up...http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/accleaning.htm

hth

Title: Re: petrol smell in car
Post by stafford on Aug 10^th, 2007, 8:28pm

ok its definately coming from the vents when the aircon is blowing hard ,,is it the smell of aircon gas do you think?

Title: Re: petrol smell in car
Post by scorpio197 on Aug 10^th, 2007, 9:04pm

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 .

Title: Re: petrol smell in car
Post by stafford on Aug 11^th, 2007, 8:57am

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?

Title: Re: petrol smell in car
Post by scorpio_man on Aug 11^th, 2007, 10:32am

hi there

autogas200 do a health check for £47.

see http://autogas2000.co.uk/ it's in the autogas shop.

hth

Title: Re: petrol smell in car
Post by stafford on Aug 11^th, 2007, 2:30pm

brill gonna do all the underbonnet stuff later wen sun goes down and only 50 for a service ..nice one !! []