Fuel smell when vehicle is switched off

Asked by GuruR2DG6 Feb 14, 2020 at 02:52 PM about the 2007 Opel Corsa

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I have opel corsa utility 1.4 2007 model bakkie
heavy fume, changed fuel filter, oil filter, air filter,
plugs and new oil, still petrol fumes on drivers side

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Hornett answered 4 years ago

Mine Also Has that smell of fuel I know that it is my car over fueling so most of the fuel I smell comes from air filter through the intake. GuruR2DG6 Is there any other problems with the car????

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Guru9DTM1Q answered 4 years ago

Replace your charchoal filter it sit inside the right frt wheel acrch to get to the filter remove rigth front wheel. Remove plastic cover from wheel arch you will see the black plastic rond filter. Thas your problem for the fuel smelln

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Guru9DTM1Q answered 4 years ago

Also you will only get that filter from the dealer cost R1100. Only used NEW parts

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Gert answered 3 years ago

How can the faulty filter cause fuel smell outside the car? Is this filter in the fuel line?

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