Hi,
I bought my car about four years ago, very happy with it, but it stinks of fuel.
When we got it home and parked in the two car garage on the house after about a week my wife said that car stinks.
I just put it down as an old car, vented petrol cap, unleaded fuel.
I went over it for fuel leaks and found nothing, checked out the rubber on the fuel cap.
The car has been fitted with a later model EFI engine and runs two braided lines from the tank to the engine, etc, about 8 metres of hose!
About week ago I was going to ask the forum about their cars.
One question I was going to ask, I found out for myself when I googled, does fuel permeate braided rubber hoses.
And guess what I found!
From google
Braided nitrile hose does allow fuel to permeate through. For this reason braided nitrile hose must only be used on the exterior of vehicle and never inside the cabin. Use this hose and you will have the smell of fuel around the vehicle.
The best solution is a material called PTFE. That stands for polytetrafluoroethylene—a plastic material that is best known as Teflon in one specific variation. This material is impervious to the degenerative effects of fuel that also creates a vapor barrier so fuel vapors cannot leak past.
Those hoses were fitted to the car when I purchased it but I've done considerable hose work on it since so I purchased braided nitrile hoses as they are sold as fuel hose!
Is it a problem you have and why do they sell nitrite hose as fuel hose, other than cost!
If it's a short length of hose I take would a small amount of smell!
So as a result I'm replacing all hoses with braided PTFE hoses as hard piping would be almost impossible routed in the way they are!
Am I on the right track!
Cheers Phil.