Petrol Smell Inside

[timdeniz]

Hi All,

Just bought my camper - a T25 Westfalia - very exciting and will post pics soon.

One problem though - just went for a drive with the missus and there is a very strong smell of gas/petrol in the van. So strong we had to pull over to get a breather then drive back. The smell was definately not there when I test drove it.

Am very worried - does anyone know what this may be?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Tim

[kevtherev]

FUEL LINES..change them before it goes up in smoke

leaky tank
leaky carb

[timdeniz]

oh right - that doesn't sound good.

is that expensive to do?

[kevtherev]

look for where the leak is then we can tell you how expensive it will be.
Fuel pipe is dead cheap

get it checked at a garage for leaks

[California Dreamin]

Obviously a leak, the most common reason is rotted breather pipes on the two expansion tanks under each of the two front wheel arches.
Tanks also rot on top.....vent unions can crack and break, fuel hoses at the rear can perrish, early metal filler necks can rot, the large filler grommet can leak.......one of the above.
All more pronounced when the tank is filled.

Martin

[timdeniz]

gutted!

yup - definately got worse when i filled the tank up.

down to the garage for me!

thanks for the help.

[kevtherev]

gutted!

yup - definately got worse when i filled the tank up.

down to the garage for me!

thanks for the help.

if it's the breathers it's just a few pipes easily reached no major tools required.... save your money

[California Dreamin]

Yup.....if it turns out to be the short lengths of braided hose on the expansion tanks it is no big shakes. A meter of 5.5mm braided hose from Brickwerks should sort it.

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Martin

[yorkierob]

When i filled mine to the brim it left a nice puddle of 4star on the forecourt - is this the afore mentioned tank grommet and if so is it a big job to sort myself?
cheers
Rob

[timdeniz]

thanks for all the help.

spoke to the guy i bought it from just to see what was going on.

turns out he spilt a whole load of white spirit in the back before he delivered it to me - thought he had sorted the smell.

feel a little silly now - as now i know what it is - defo smells of white spirit.

just got to wait for the smell to disperse now.

thanks again though - nice to see how the community works here - hopefully at some point down the line I can be of some help to people too!

[California Dreamin]

Fair enough....good to hear it's nothing too serious.

Martin

[DavidPallister]

Its worth checking out the fuel lines, breather lines, tank filler etc anyway, just in case there is a problem with these, as you said it got worse when you filled up

Dave

[Cruz]

Its worth checking out the fuel lines, breather lines, tank filler etc anyway, just in case there is a problem with these, as you said it got worse when you filled up

Dave

Chances are the fuel lines have been there for donkeys. When I got my 83 5 yers ago they looked like they had been there since 83