Hi all. Wondering if anyone has any diagrams/photos of the fuel delivery system. I get a strong smell of petrol in the cockpit when the windows are down. I've checked the exhaust side of things and there dosen't seem to be a leak. Help, there's only so many Magic tree's that I can hang off of my rear view mirror. :(

Smithy's fuel line kit will sort it. click me

is it fuel or exhaust fumes you can smell? i had smell of exhaust fumes coming in when i had the window open, cleaned o2 senser connectors up re set ECU by taking the battery off over night and it cured it, only get it now and then if i change grade of fuel if i cant get Vpower but goes after a few miles

Cheers for the reply. I'll have a go at doing just that. Not too sure if its exhaust or fuel, does smell quite rich though. ta

Where in Suffolk are ya mate???

hi mate i had similar prob, turned out that the fuel lines on top of engine the clips were loos so fuel was seeping thru tightend them up and sorted! have a look goodluck

take the centre engine cover off 4 allen keys and check the lower fuel pipes as thats usually where the problem lies !

agree with paul, the smell is always from them lines under the plenum. seems to be a hotspot for them.

 

It may also be worth checking wether the smell is constant, or just when the car is running. if it is constant, i believe the rear pipe to the tank is prone to coroding too.

Faded bit is eliminated with Smithy's Fuel Line Kit.

 

The front pipe is the one that always leaks.

I had the same problem, turned out my injectors were bad and dumping fuel, there would be unburnt fuel in the cylinder and would burn off at rich intervals producing fuel smell. The injectors are a major downfall for the Z, any Z is bound to have problems with it eventually. Good time to upgrade neway

Ok....I need some advice....

 

I too had the smell of petrol (on occassion) so followed the advice above and had a ganders at my hose clips. The ones on top seemed to be fine and there was no smell of petrol coming from their locality so I figured I'd check under the plenum. So...out came the allen key and having removed two screws, the third just wouldn't budge. Bit of elbow grease later and i finally got it off whilst all the while reciting to myself 'do not drop the allen key!'.....you guessed it....once the screw was out and my guard was lowered, being the monkey I am, I dropped the key!!

 

So....how do I find it?? I took the leap of faith that it wouldn't cause my engine to blow and started up the old gal and even took her for a rather vigorous spin in the hope the key may dislodge itself and end up on the tarmac. However, a very careful search of said tarmac has not resulted in finding the allen key! I spent a good 40mins with a torch down the engine having a look around, but not being au fait with engines, I was searching blind. It just doesn't seem to be there! No rattle when the engine is running either!

 

What do I do? Forget about it as there doesn't seem to be any further problems and hope that it may have fallen out during the drive? All and any ideas welcome!

 

(apologies for the essay!)

i have the same problem with fuel smell but only on cold start up i have recently replaced the fuel filter as was leakin pretty bad but still smells on cold start up

Yup i had same problem just needed to tighten clips on the fuel line