Dear All,
I have owned my B’ since last September and I have noticed that sometimes there is a very intense petrol smell in the cabin. It is so strong it feels like I have just left the petrol station. Any ideas why? I have noticed a small gap above the passenger airbag cover, that if you look through in a sunny day you can see all the way into the engine compartment. May that be it? Could the smell be coming from there?
I am booked in for the 70.000km service tomorrow and below is a list of things I m going to ask the mechanic to pay special attention to. Have a look to find out if anyone else has similar problems:
1) Lamda censor (engine stalls when warm)
2) Squiggling and heavy grinding while braking (brake pads are still quite ok)
3) Poor window fittings with hardtop
4) Slight difficulty to get in 1st gear when stopped. (double clutching usually works)
5) Poor handbrake power
By the way, how heavy is your clutch? My left leg has started to look like Stalone’s!
Now lets talk about some mods. The mechanic I am going tomorrow is very well known in Greece for his expertise on Italian cars (FIAT, ALFA, LANCIA, FERRARI) and he offers the mod listed below with 3 years warranty:
- Air Intake, Full exaust, ECU, spark plugs and cables, camshafts and something he calls “flow development”. The result is 180 bhp on the dyno!
What do you think? There is also a turbo kit available, that gives 188bhp but has only 1 year warranty and costs 50% more.
For people that are interested, this mechanic is called “Magos” and the Website is www.autocorse.gr .
Thanks for reading, I m looking forward to read your comments..
Take care All
I have owned my B’ since last September and I have noticed that sometimes there is a very intense petrol smell in the cabin. It is so strong it feels like I have just left the petrol station. Any ideas why? I have noticed a small gap above the passenger airbag cover, that if you look through in a sunny day you can see all the way into the engine compartment. May that be it? Could the smell be coming from there?
I am booked in for the 70.000km service tomorrow and below is a list of things I m going to ask the mechanic to pay special attention to. Have a look to find out if anyone else has similar problems:
1) Lamda censor (engine stalls when warm)
2) Squiggling and heavy grinding while braking (brake pads are still quite ok)
3) Poor window fittings with hardtop
4) Slight difficulty to get in 1st gear when stopped. (double clutching usually works)
5) Poor handbrake power
By the way, how heavy is your clutch? My left leg has started to look like Stalone’s!
Now lets talk about some mods. The mechanic I am going tomorrow is very well known in Greece for his expertise on Italian cars (FIAT, ALFA, LANCIA, FERRARI) and he offers the mod listed below with 3 years warranty:
- Air Intake, Full exaust, ECU, spark plugs and cables, camshafts and something he calls “flow development”. The result is 180 bhp on the dyno!
What do you think? There is also a turbo kit available, that gives 188bhp but has only 1 year warranty and costs 50% more.
For people that are interested, this mechanic is called “Magos” and the Website is www.autocorse.gr .
Thanks for reading, I m looking forward to read your comments..
Take care All