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| Tweet Topic Started: Fri May 25, 2012 3:37 pm (917 Views) | |
| nathan190e | Fri May 25, 2012 3:37 pm Post #1 |
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is it normal 2 smell petrol under the rocker cover when u remove it |
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| Neil | Fri May 25, 2012 6:36 pm Post #2 |
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I'm going to say 'No' based on what I smelled when I removed mine, but I could be wrong. Is there a visible leak anywhere around the intake side? |
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| nathan190e | Fri May 25, 2012 6:50 pm Post #3 |
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no leak no mate. just when i shoved my noes in the cams it was smelling like fuel. didnt know if it was normal or not |
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| rhysmangatmotorsport | Fri May 25, 2012 7:29 pm Post #4 |
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check all your fuel lines around the engine while running. |
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| sj190 | Fri May 25, 2012 7:56 pm Post #5 |
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petrol smell could be over fuelling especially on cold start, drain some oil and sniff bm's are famous for it ,the cause of most big ends failing or knocking when cold |
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| Gerry Lloyd | Fri May 25, 2012 8:36 pm Post #6 |
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I used to get a flood of petrol smeel when slowing after some steady motorway speeding. The smell stopped when I replaced the seals at the bases of the fuel injectors |
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| Deleted User | Fri May 25, 2012 10:01 pm Post #7 |
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I agree, examine your engine oil. you could have a leaking injector over-fueling, and thinning the oil by going into the piston rings. Does the oil smell like petrol? |
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| nathan190e | Fri May 25, 2012 10:27 pm Post #8 |
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going to get back 2 you all 2moro. go have a little sniff of the oil |
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| nathan190e | Fri May 25, 2012 10:28 pm Post #9 |
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having said that my car does smell of petrol on start up |
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| mazza | Sat May 26, 2012 9:41 am Post #10 |
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Hi is there any chance that the petrol odour that you can smell is actually residue from the blow by gases from the crankcase ventilation system? Smell the oil separator on the rocker cover, if its the same odour, then you have your answer. mazza |
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| sj190 | Sat May 26, 2012 8:17 pm Post #11 |
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check the fuel pump at the rear ,just lever the cover down and look for stain , if so tighten the copper shimmed union |
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