petrol leak on pinin
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Hi all
I have got a Mitsubishi pinin gdi elegance 2001 model on a Y plate. when i got it i had some problens with it running slow and having very little power. well thank to all you kind people at pistonheads i managed to sort that out. It now runs fab. thanks for your help.
however now i have another problem, I think. when the car is started there is a very strong smell of petrol. It now seems to be getting stronger and the other day after filling up at the petrol station as i drove away i noticed a wet patch on the floor. it may have been there before but i did not notice it as i was filling up.
is there a possibility that there could be a leak in the fuel filler pipe, from the inlet to the tank? has this been known before? I did look when i got a chance but as it had rained in the mean time it was impossible to tell if it had been leaking.
any ideas ?
I have got a Mitsubishi pinin gdi elegance 2001 model on a Y plate. when i got it i had some problens with it running slow and having very little power. well thank to all you kind people at pistonheads i managed to sort that out. It now runs fab. thanks for your help.
however now i have another problem, I think. when the car is started there is a very strong smell of petrol. It now seems to be getting stronger and the other day after filling up at the petrol station as i drove away i noticed a wet patch on the floor. it may have been there before but i did not notice it as i was filling up.
is there a possibility that there could be a leak in the fuel filler pipe, from the inlet to the tank? has this been known before? I did look when i got a chance but as it had rained in the mean time it was impossible to tell if it had been leaking.
any ideas ?
I had the same a couple of times on mine when I had it. It seemed to be the fuel flow going in overpowering the pipe bore and expelling from the breather. Not a big deal.
Also, if you want to lift yours, I got a coilover insert kit from ebay and slimmer springs, and used that on the front to go up 2". A place down south made me a set of custom rear springs for £120 to give me the same ride height when fitted. The slimmer front springs meant I could use Mitsu FTO alloys with wider tyres.
With that lot done, and it cost beer money all the way in, it went off road pretty well.
Oh, and my local gunshop does a bag of crushed walnut shells for £15. I used those to decoke the head. Again, cheap top tip.
Have fun. Mine lives on a farm now working for it's living. It does a good job by all accounts.
Also, if you want to lift yours, I got a coilover insert kit from ebay and slimmer springs, and used that on the front to go up 2". A place down south made me a set of custom rear springs for £120 to give me the same ride height when fitted. The slimmer front springs meant I could use Mitsu FTO alloys with wider tyres.
With that lot done, and it cost beer money all the way in, it went off road pretty well.
Oh, and my local gunshop does a bag of crushed walnut shells for £15. I used those to decoke the head. Again, cheap top tip.
Have fun. Mine lives on a farm now working for it's living. It does a good job by all accounts.
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