Ive noticed a smell of petrol in the cabin of my 2009 T-jet soon after start up, which goes away after a as soon as i get moving.

Ive searched the forum and checked what i could find in old threads,

breather hose has no splits and is fitted securely ( havent taken it off as would need new clips)
exhaust and turbo seem fine
no signs of HG failure

car runs perfectly, any ideas?

Could still be breather pipe. Mine looked absolutely fine and had no splits on it I ill I took it off and pulled it. There was a massive split in it. It may be hassle but would be worth taking it off to check correctly.

Mine also looked ok until I took it off, it was split from top to bottom. If it is the foam one I would change it anyway as it is an inevitable failure waiting to happen.

The new one only costs a fiver from memory and takes 2 seconds to fit.

Thanks for the replies, i might order a Forge silicone breather hose then it should last

middo85 said:

Thanks for the replies, i might order a Forge silicone breather hose then it should last

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was your problem solved? Got the same isue at the moment

kistigun said:

was your problem solved? Got the same isue at the moment

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if you have petrol smell in cabin its 9/10 a split breather pipe.

or petrol on your hands after a fuel up! ;p

petrol tanks normally under back seat in most cars. thats where all the sensors are located. when i had my bmw it was 2 do with all that.

jus a theory worth a look hope it helps let uz all know if u find out wot was wrng

My smell was a split exhaust flexy right next to the undertray. Whenever you pulled up and stopped for a few minutes you could smell it. A cat-back with new flexy soon sorted that issue :yum:

kistigun said:

was your problem solved? Got the same isue at the moment

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I havent got round to fixing it yet due to work commitments,

I will update the thread once its done