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MG MGF Technical - petrol smell

last 2 weeks have experienced slight petrol smell inside my 1.8 vvc can anyone suggest the problema
alan

Yeah me to......I have read somewhere that the tanks can suffer leaks. I can only smell this when the car has been stood a few days.
Paul

Lots of in the archives of this BBS. Get a member.

Anyway, here's some ideas about the matter
http://www.mgfcar.de/fueltank/index.htm
Dieter

Interesting photos Dieter - I've not visited that page before. I've always had a slight hint of a smell since I got the car (2½ yrs old in 1998), in fact my sister said it smelt just like my M Type back in 1958! Not strong, but since I had a tankful of Shell VPower last year, the smell has been different, and slightly more noticeable. I will probably go on using VPower - 1500-2000 miles/year won't add up to much more cost, and you never know, the engine might run better!
M Cunningham 1

There should be no petrol smell inside the car at all.
A smell of petrol means petrol fumes are lingering about.
A small spark and petrol fumes = BOOOM!!

Get the leak checked out asap at a place that can use sniffer type equipment that will trace the source.

good luck.

Cheers,
Branko
Branko

Branko

It is/was very common with the *F* and is/was normally one of two things:-

Porous tank - unlikely though as this appeared to be limited to a particular batch.

Tank filler/breather - some were twisted and this caused fumes to collect which could be detected in the car.

Seem to remember that 1/- was a pig of a job but 2/- was dead simple. Either way I do not remember any of the cars that suffered going 'BOOM'. BUT yes get it checked out.
Ted Newman

Found it
B Smith

Good!, but what was the solution?

cheers.
Branko
Branko

Like Branko, I'm keen to know how it was fixed.

Jeff
J Lennon

This thread was discussed between 23/04/2007 and 01/09/2009

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