Picasso 1.8 Sx

[julesbatt500]

Has anyone got a solution to a bad smell of petrol inside the car when the car is driven with the drivers window slightly open? Rumour has it that it may be the breather pipes from the fuel filler. Is this a common fault with this car, or am I just unlucky?

[kfk]

Obviously the easy answer would be to drive with the window closed......but expect i just got a glare for suggesting that :angry:

 

To offer advice you need to establish under what conditins the problem exists:

 

- tank full?

- worse on cold start?

- worse when reversing?

- does it do it on hot days if it has been standing?

- has it had any body work damage to the driver side front?

- has the problem only just started?

- have you only just bought it and its done it since you've had it?

- does it do it if you lower a different window instead of the drivers one?

- does it do it if you open 2 windows?

[julesbatt500]

Sadly it's been a problem since I bought the car. Obviously I didn't test drive it with the windows open.

It does it from starting the car up on a morning until I switch it off again. I can smell it no matter which window is open, whether the tank is full or not.

There is no bodywork damage to the car at all.

I can't smell any petol fumes under the bonnet nor outside the car when the engine is running.

[RJ04VIS]

Hi We have an 02 plated Picasso Exclusive which has a bad petrol smell when you throw the car around abit and accelerate or decelerate sharply.I've spoken to 2 citroen dealers who say they have never come across the problem-but they are bound to say that !!!