Damn fuel smell in cabin Rev D legacy

[lunacy]

Hey guys

Well our legacy has the hideous fuel smell which is esp bad on cold mornings. It seems to be getting worse as can smell it when we stop at lights now too.

Ive tightened all the fuel line clamps that are accesible, but hasn't changed much.

From what ive read, its the rubber fuel line that connects the two rails under the manifold.

Does anyone know if this needs replacing, or if it will just be the clamps that need tightening?

If it needs replacing any idea of the part number?

Its driving the mrs nuts, and pretty sure its not good for us or the baby breathing that in.

Any help appreciated

Cheers

[clintondane]

From what I've gathered, it can sometimes be the fuel rail itself that has micro cracks and when the engines cold it leaks small amount of gas. Once engine warms up the smell goes away. There was a thread on here about it a while ago? Good luck.

[Kiwiflyboy]

others have had this problem before, in the US i think Subaru replaced this part for free as they had so many issues. it's not cheap to get fixed either due to the location of the fuel rails.

[ADIKT]

i would be getting this sorted ASAP.... dont want your car bursting into flames from fuel leaking onto something hot!!

[lunacy]

 ADIKT said:

i would be getting this sorted ASAP.... dont want your car bursting into flames from fuel leaking onto something hot!!

Yeah i intend to, i just need to know which part it is thats likely to be leaking. Ive read some places that its the rubber fuel joiner hose between the rails, then others say its the rails themselves.

Just need to clarify what i need before starting the job, as need the car off the road for minimum time possible as mrs needs it to drive the baby round.

[ADIKT]

 lunacy']

[quote name='ADIKT said:

i would be getting this sorted ASAP.... dont want your car bursting into flames from fuel leaking onto something hot!!

/quote]

Yeah i intend to, i just need to know which part it is thats likely to be leaking. Ive read some places that its the rubber fuel joiner hose between the rails, then others say its the rails themselves.

Just need to clarify what i need before starting the job, as need the car off the road for minimum time possible as mrs needs it to drive the baby round.

i would take it to a subaru specialist and get them to source the fault, and give you a courtasy car too...

It could be coming from anywhere bro.

I had a fuel line split just before one of the rails.. pissed petrol everywhere!!! lucky the car wasnt hot other wise the hole thing would have caught fire!!!!!

[boon]

Are you absolutely sure it's a petrol smell? My Surf was smelling quite a bit, turned out it was the rocker cover gasket dripping oil slowly onto the manifold.

EDIT: Possibly your evap purge isn't working properly. Do these have the evap canister in the engine bay or at the base of the C-pillar?

[lunacy]

 ADIKT']

[quote name='ADIKT said:

i would be getting this sorted ASAP.... dont want your car bursting into flames from fuel leaking onto something hot!!

/quote]

Yeah i intend to, i just need to know which part it is thats likely to be leaking. Ive read some places that its the rubber fuel joiner hose between the rails, then others say its the rails themselves.

Just need to clarify what i need before starting the job, as need the car off the road for minimum time possible as mrs needs it to drive the baby round.

i would take it to a subaru specialist and get them to source the fault, and give you a courtasy car too...

It could be coming from anywhere bro.

I had a fuel line split just before one of the rails.. pissed petrol everywhere!!! lucky the car wasnt hot other wise the hole thing would have caught fire!!!!!

Yeah i have a gd mechanic who will do the job for me, but just need to supply him with the necessary parts. I cant see any petrol pissing out anywhere and i had a gd nosy. Its only intermittant too, so figure if it was leaking the smell would be constant?

[lunacy]

 boon said:

Are you absolutely sure it's a petrol smell? My Surf was smelling quite a bit, turned out it was the rocker cover gasket dripping oil slowly onto the manifold.

EDIT: Possibly your evap purge isn't working properly. Do these have the evap canister in the engine bay or at the base of the C-pillar?

Definitely a petrol smell. Dont think evap cannister is in engine bay on this model

[neodowd]

My car does this on cold mornings and only with the heater on, once warmed up the smell goes away I figured this was normal.

[lunacy]

Goin in to Winger tomorrow to get this sorted

[clintondane]

Good luck and keep us posted, I know there'll be more than a few of us interested in hearing the outcome.

[lunacy]

Well ended up being loose hose clamps rather than anything split, so feel a bit stupid but at least the bill wasnt bad. Guess the guy who put the engine in forgot to tighten them.

Now just to get the cooling system bled properly...

[clintondane]

Awesome mate, good result then. What was the repair bill?

[lunacy]

Only $150 for the labour as they did it without taking the inlet manif off