Hi all,
Today I drove up North London about 25miles, all good no issues, on the way down however I noticed a lot of raw petrol/fuel smells coming from the car while sitting in traffic, windows open.
Having parked the car on my drive once I got home and trying to work out what it is, I have checked underneath for drips but nothing, I have an exhaust bypass pipe which was leaking some black oil near the weld, fuel cap was on tightly, but once I started up I could smell petrol quite strongly and it was coming from the exhaust. On first startup I also smelled burnt oil but not since.
Does this sound like anything serious or obvious as to what it could be? Does it sound like a fuel leak?/ is my car safe to at least drive to nearest garage?
After some reading it sounds like the car is running rich and maybe I've got a failed O2 sensor but nothing comes up on dashboard..
Appreciate any replies
Today I drove up North London about 25miles, all good no issues, on the way down however I noticed a lot of raw petrol/fuel smells coming from the car while sitting in traffic, windows open.
Having parked the car on my drive once I got home and trying to work out what it is, I have checked underneath for drips but nothing, I have an exhaust bypass pipe which was leaking some black oil near the weld, fuel cap was on tightly, but once I started up I could smell petrol quite strongly and it was coming from the exhaust. On first startup I also smelled burnt oil but not since.
Does this sound like anything serious or obvious as to what it could be? Does it sound like a fuel leak?/ is my car safe to at least drive to nearest garage?
After some reading it sounds like the car is running rich and maybe I've got a failed O2 sensor but nothing comes up on dashboard..
Appreciate any replies