Hi All,

 

Having some fun on the way into work with a BMW 530 this morning I managed to eject a huge amount of fuel. Turned out the guy was coming to my place of work and he pointed it out - he said I'd lost about 2 litres while cornering on a mini roundabout...

 

The tank was 3/4 full and the fuel seems to have escaped via the overflow. This might explain why my car spins so easily in the wet - fuel on the tyres (?)

 

Does anybody else suffer from this 'undocumented feature' or do I have a problem???

 

Cheers

 

RobH

Uh-oh - why am I always the bearer of bad news???

 

After going round the track @ Trax last year, no-one could work out why there was what seemed to be 'coke' running down the side of my car...

This was the reason. The filler neck had rusted and everytime I went round a right hand bend, it spilled a good few gallons down the side of the car.

 

Remove the rear splash guard in the nearside back arch and check the filler neck. From what I could gather on mine there is a weak point where the breather from the tank is attached.

 

Ring round for a s/h one Got mine for £45 delivered.... I think...

 

HTH

 

CheerZ,

 

Andy

 

 

LOL - hmmm...Andydoom, I'm not sure this is my problem, it does appear to be spilling out from the overflow/breather , surely if the neck was broken it wouldn't make it that far??

 

 

Cheers,

 

RobH