Vauxhall Zafira petrol fumes inside the car
Variant: 1800 elegance
Model Year: 2000
Categories:
Leaks & Noises
please help!!!!!!!! every so often i get very bad petrol fumes inside my zafira mainly when the window is open a little it is a fresh smell of petrol and not exhaust fumes it happens at anytime then will sometimes go away in 5 mins but is really overpowering when it happens please can you help me with this thanx!
Posted: Feb 26, 2009 (15 years ago)
go to the nearest garage and have it checked out as its petrol and highly flammable as you will know i hope
Posted Feb 26, 2009 (15 years ago)
It will be your fuel cap seal split or perished very common on these.
Posted Jun 23, 2009 (15 years ago)
Hi Bridgette
I have just signed up with the forum and I also had the same problem with my 2.2 Zafira. The garage could not find it but I eventually found it. There is a fuel pipe that runs along the front of the engine just under the plastic top cover. At idle this would start to weep along the length of the pipe giving me a stron smell of petrol in the car. This pipe was quite expensive to replace and you have to be careful not to strip the threads on the fittings it is going onto. This took months to find. When the engine is running normally the fuel pressure in the pipe does not build up as the fuel is being used. When the engine is at idle the pressure builds up and weeps, at one point I saw petrol dripping from this pipe down the front of the engine. scary
hope this is of use to you
Smurf
I have just signed up with the forum and I also had the same problem with my 2.2 Zafira. The garage could not find it but I eventually found it. There is a fuel pipe that runs along the front of the engine just under the plastic top cover. At idle this would start to weep along the length of the pipe giving me a stron smell of petrol in the car. This pipe was quite expensive to replace and you have to be careful not to strip the threads on the fittings it is going onto. This took months to find. When the engine is running normally the fuel pressure in the pipe does not build up as the fuel is being used. When the engine is at idle the pressure builds up and weeps, at one point I saw petrol dripping from this pipe down the front of the engine. scary
hope this is of use to you
Smurf
Posted Oct 18, 2009 (15 years ago)
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