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Originally Posted by Dolly
I think I may have to replace the rubber hose at the top of the tank filler pipe. When the car is filkled right up with fuel you can smell it a bit inside the car.
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That's actually a very easy job. I did the same when I thought I had a leak as well. Turns out that due to a venting / pressure problem my tank, when full, was forcing the fuel out of the overflow, but only when parked on an extreme angle, nose up, bum down.
Remove door frame trim, remove lower seatbelt mounting bolt and keep undoing, unclipping everything till the whole plastic panel comes free...
Does the smell happen all the time or only in certain situations? I think I needed the combination of hot weather, full tank and car parked uphill with a lean to the passenger side to make the fuel come out - but even then it leaked on the outside of the car.