Petrol/ Gas smell in cabin???

[Jonesy484]

may be a silly question but is it normal to smell petrol or gas in the cabin when your driving? If not what causes it can i fix it? and should i be concerned?
Cheers Jonesy

 

[pablo]

A; NO.
B; Leaky fuel line/joint.
C; Probably, skill dependant.
D; Yes.

When you smell fuel next time, lift the bonnet and have a sniff and look around the lines around the engine and down the fire wall and under car. Check the filler pipe going into the tank.

 

[ryan101]

leaking injectors

 

[jr689]

Sounds stupid but could be the fuel cap, this happened to me about 3 months ago and I had a look on here to see if anyone had any similar stories. It's said that the o-ring on the cap ain't of the best quality and to tighten the fuel cap one full revolution after it starts to click, this way it apparently seals better... All I know is it fixed it for me!

 

[Jonesy484]

Sounds stupid but could be the fuel cap, this happened to me about 3 months ago and I had a look on here to see if anyone had any similar stories. It's said that the o-ring on the cap ain't of the best quality and to tighten the fuel cap one full revolution after it starts to click, this way it apparently seals better... All I know is it fixed it for me!

Cheers mate ill give that a go, hopefully its just as simple as that

 

[Jonesy484]

Had my AC running today can smell rotten eggs??

 

[ch1mp]

rotten egg smell usually means you're just running a little rich...not sure about the gas smell though...maybe the aircon condenser is on its way out...

 

[Jonesy484]

the gas smell seems to only be when i have the windows open

 

[Mick1988]

Check the rubber lines in the engine bay and around the fuel pump/filter.

 

[jr689]

I'm taking it that the fuel cap tightening method didn't work??

In terms of your A/C smelling like rotten eggs I have no idea what that could be about.

Back to your fuel smell problem, when I was searching people spoke of something like needing a new carbon canister in your fuel tank or something along those lines :S