Strong smell of petrol everywhere I have been in France !

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MR. FUSION

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:unsure: Being a bit of a petrol head, I notice these things :cool:I am wondering if the E85 petrol is eating through their fuel pipes ? I have noticed the strong smell of petrol everywhere there are vehicles, so far! I dont remember it being this bad last time I was here.
 
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No its everywhere, just had a car go past on the campsite, stinking of petrol fumes. Last time I smelt petrol on cars like this was when I had an ancient Allegro, which used to leak petrol out of the fuel system & out of the carb. There is definately a problem :sick:
 
Last time we had a petrol smell I had overfilled my scooter which was in the vans garage.
Phil

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No smell of petrol everywhere in Italy, so definately a correlation between French petrol & vehicles. My guess is saving the planet with high ethenol petrol is causing a major degredation of fuel line systems, releasing huge amounts of petrol vapour. Another win for greenwash.....
 
We’ve been here 10 days and stayed in 4 different places plus cycled 90 miles and I have a strong sense of smell and haven’t noticed anything so I think it’s you!
 
carolyn said:
We’ve been here 10 days and stayed in 4 different places plus cycled 90 miles and I have a strong sense of smell and haven’t noticed anything so I think it’s you!
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I dont think its me, there is a stark contrast in air quality & petrol fumes between Switzerland/Italy & then France. I am going back to France so will see!
 
My next door neighbour has a Audi suv and she broke down a few days ago. When the recovery truck arrived and she said
I can smell petrol. He straight away said it’s the new fuel dissolving the rubber rings around the injectors. He said I have attended dozens of these this month. He was spot on 4 rubber seals and about 4 hours labour. We have plugs so we can use the new E10
 
Vipar said:
My next door neighbour has a Audi suv and she broke down a few days ago. When the recovery truck arrived and she said
I can smell petrol. He straight away said it’s the new fuel dissolving the rubber rings around the injectors. He said I have attended dozens of these this month. He was spot on 4 rubber seals and about 4 hours labour. We have plugs so we can use the new E10
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Thanks for that! I believe E85 petrol is sold routinely in France, so in that case the rubber is dissolving quicker!! Which would make sense !!!

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MR. FUSION said:
:unsure: Being a bit of a petrol head, I notice these things :cool:I am wondering if the E85 petrol is eating through their fuel pipes ? I have noticed the strong smell of petrol everywhere there are vehicles, so far! I dont remember it being this bad last time I was here.
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And I thought it was just me. Yes I’ve noticed it too.
 
I remember smelling petrol one day on army Leandrover went for a brew in in the services a convoy of hus.
Smoke in the car part land rover on fire
Had to finish my jurny in the back of a 4t truck with only what I stood in and my kit burnt out in the lany.
Bill

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nicholsong said:
On a serious note, this is a warning to always have the fridge and boiler turned off gas when entering a filling station.
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Leaky LPG systems & leaky petrol lines, what could possibly go wrong.
 

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