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[Vmax]

Hello all, when I start my car in the mornings I get a smell of petrol for a few minutes, is this something to do with an auto choke ?
Thanks
Dave.   :-/  

[Amego52]

do you mean from the exhaust or from under the bonnet?

[Vmax]

do you mean from the exhaust or from under the bonnet?

I can smell it a little in the car, womdered if I may have a loose Exhaust joint?

[Amego52]

could be that you have a manifold gasket slightly leaking or problem with the EGR valve. I assume you are saying petrol as in burnt petrol..

[Vmax]

could be that you have a manifold gasket slightly leaking or problem with the EGR valve. I assume you are saying petrol as in burnt petrol..

Hmmn good point, It doesnt smell like exhaust fumes. :-/

[Amego52]

I shoud have a good look for any signs of leakage, you should not be smelling unburnt petrol.

[Jimbob]

Take the boot carpet up, there is a round inspection hatch,
phillips screw or 2 to undo...
Check the panel under this (fuel tank) is not corroded (and smelling)...

I has a slight exhausty smell a few weeks ago, but did have a (now blanked) faulty EGR valve.

[zirk]

Sniff, Ah.. make the most of it, as in a couple of years you wont be able to afford the stuff.

[Vmax]

Take the boot carpet up, there is a round inspection hatch,
phillips screw or 2 to undo...
Check the panel under this (fuel tank) is not corroded (and smelling)...

I has a slight exhausty smell a few weeks ago, but did have a (now blanked) faulty EGR valve.

Ok thanks, It only seems to happen first start on a cold morning?