hi guys,

When starting up my car from cold, about 30-50% of the time, the car runs a bit lumpy for about 10 seconds, and there is a strong fuel smell from the exhaust at this time:

 

is this a symptom of fuel pressure regulator/damper problems? could there be something else causing this and/or anything else I should be looking at?

 

 

btw, I changed the fuel filter about 5000 miles ago...

Perhaps a leaky injector ??? Bleeds off when the car stops and semi fouls the plug on startup ??? Hence rough idle and fuel smell ???

hi guys,

When starting up my car from cold, about 30-50% of the time, the car runs a bit lumpy for about 10 seconds, and there is a strong fuel smell from the exhaust at this time:

 

is this a symptom of fuel pressure regulator/damper problems? could there be something else causing this and/or anything else I should be looking at?

 

 

btw, I changed the fuel filter about 5000 miles ago...

 

 

is this a symptom of fuel pressure regulator/damper problems? could there be something else causing this and/or anything else I should be looking at?

 

 

as above mate,mine sometimes does the same and ive noticed the same component has a damp line around the seam where its factory pressed and found this is where ime getting my fuel smell from