Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 12:59:00 -0000 From: SkodaPilot <carl.robsonnopsamcing-czechs.com> Subject: Re: Lifes a drip... but where?
In article <2CjS9.22642$H67.104259nopsamnn1.netcom.ca>, darkpoternopsamail.com says... > Hello again, > I have an 84 900 T. Over the weekend I started to smell gas in the car. The > weird thing is that i don't see a drip anywhere outside of it... i park on > fresh white snow every day (Glory of ottawa) And would notice gas on the > ground. Where could the leak be? Why would i smell it only on the inside of > the car and not when in a parking garage or somwhere else? I have done the > usual look around but didnt feel like jacking the car up in the snow. > Any idea's would be greatly appreciated. Sorry to bring Skodas up again, but both my Estelle and Favorit had this problem, and nothing was visible externally, the Favorit was easy to fix as it was the second time it occured, but the Estelle had me puzzled. I was checking hoses from the tank back to the engine, checking at the fuel pump. Making sure that the fuel filter wasn't badley clogged and causing leakage at idle, everything. Then I saw it and switched the engine off pretty fast. The fuel hose was rubber with a cotton outer braid. Where it clamped onto the carb at barbed connector, the rubber had perished and split, but the cotton was intact. Small amount of fuel were forcing their way past the split (after the hose clamp) soakingthe braiding and running down the pipe, and falling off where the pipe curved accross to the fuel pump, and dripping onto the inlet and exhaust manifold. On the inlet, it would pool for a few minutes before the heat in the engine bay would evaporate it. The stuff falling onto the exhaust manifold was giving off little tiny smoke signals. I had to replace the whole fuel line in as every cut end was starting to show the same splits. When the engine was off and no fuel was getting pumped the hose quickly dried from evaporation, so when the engine was off you would find it. On the Favorit, because of the different carb/manifold layout, the fuel never hit the exhaust manifold, but there was a bigger dip in the inlet manifold casting, and that let more fuel sit arround longer before evaporation (so the smell was stronger). This time I was able to replace just the section in the engine bay from the hard pipe under the car to the carb. No more gas smells. Is there anywhere in the engine bay where the fuel could pool, and any possibilities that you could have a slight leak and the drip is running back down the outside of the hose to somewhere else less obvious? Don't take much fuel to smell like you emptied a whole can. HTH -- Carl Robson http://www.bouncing-czechs.com
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