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(Message started by: Waglet on Jul 7^th, 2008, 9:26pm)

Title: No psssshht on opening petrol cap
Post by Waglet on Jul 7^th, 2008, 9:26pm

No psssshht on opening petrol cap and strong smell of petrol from rear of car which gets inside. Oh no, whats that all about? My mechanic in Leighton Buzzard loves me! I'll need to give him some pointers if anyone can help with this. Thanks.

Title: Re: No psssshht on opening petrol cap
Post by Snoopy on Jul 8^th, 2008, 7:04am

Get underneath and check for visible signs of leaks especially on the pipes to and from the tank. getting to the sender unit requires dropping the tank.

Title: Re: No psssshht on opening petrol cap
Post by Simmo on Jul 8^th, 2008, 7:52am

The usual place is the seal around the sender unit on the top of the tank, unless the tank itself is leaking. Go to THIS page (http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/fuelsystem.htm) and select the Tank and fuel filter links. :)

Title: Re: No psssshht on opening petrol cap
Post by Mottsy on Jul 8^th, 2008, 10:43am

I had the same problem. Only smelt of petrol when tank was full though.

Brought a new tank but on dropping the old one the sender unit wasn't tightend up fully. (You could see the staining on the tank where it had seeped out)

There is obviously a special tool for tightening but we managed with a cold chislel and a hammer to tap it home fully.

Title: Re: No psssshht on opening petrol cap
Post by Waglet on Jul 8^th, 2008, 10:53am

Mottsy, Simmo, Snoopy many thanks. Plenty to go on there I think.