Other 70 Problem: - Petrol leak - Page 3

george57l · Feb 27th, 2022, 21:45

Thanks to all, for this thread. Had a petrol smell in the car when filling the tank right up, for a while - but usually not when only putting 30L in, only when filling to the top.
Today when refuelling there was fuel dripping from between the rear wheels while filling up (the driver behind me spotted it), but seemed to be flowing down to the centre from the driver's side.
Now I know what was probably the cause - and can get it looked at.

VolvoRoyS · Mar 3rd, 2022, 16:27

Had this problem and bought the parts off eBay and got my local garage to fit both hoses; he said they had to remove the smaller breather hose to get to the filler hose. Old filler hose had a split in it. They charged me 2 hours labour. I ran the fuel tank quite low before I took it in as I don't think they would want to deal with a full tank. Anyhow, put 50 litres in next day and all seems well.

Roy

stuart bowes · Mar 3rd, 2022, 16:59

sounds about right, my garage charged me £120 and I bunged him an extra £10 for a couple of beers as I knew it was a horrid job

volvo2 · May 21st, 2022, 20:46

I started noticing a petrol smell while filling up a while ago. This recently got worse but only ever leaked when filling the tank full, ie did not leak at other times. It seemed dangerous to have petrol leaking near the exhaust. Given what has been said here, I did not attempt this job myself and asked a Volvo garage to investigate. They replaced item 23 (the short bent flexible pipe held by two clips) in the assembly diagram above. This has solved it. Total cost £360. 2002 V70, 170k miles.

george57l · May 22nd, 2022, 12:57

Turned out my leak was because there was a hole in the metal (aluminium) pipe between the filler cap and the tank. Not cheap to replace!

george57l · May 30th, 2022, 18:25

PS. if anyone's interested here's the offending part, once removed from the car:

Screen Shot 2022-05-30 at 18.22.05.jpg

The hole (not pictured) was a pinprick, but it still threw maybe 250-500ml of fuel on the ground while filling up.

Feb 27th, 2022, 21:45	#21
george57l George Last Online: Yesterday 22:58 Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: London, UK	Thanks to all, for this thread. Had a petrol smell in the car when filling the tank right up, for a while - but usually not when only putting 30L in, only when filling to the top. Today when refuelling there was fuel dripping from between the rear wheels while filling up (the driver behind me spotted it), but seemed to be flowing down to the centre from the driver's side. Now I know what was probably the cause - and can get it looked at. __________________ George - - - - - - - - - - - XC70 T6 Polestar (2014 registered, MY15)

Mar 3rd, 2022, 16:59	#23
stuart bowes trying to be helpful Last Online: Today 19:07 Join Date: Aug 2020 Location: Dagenham	sounds about right, my garage charged me £120 and I bunged him an extra £10 for a couple of beers as I knew it was a horrid job __________________ V70 '01 auto petrol 2.4 (140) 70k ------------------------- mini project - link

May 22nd, 2022, 12:57	#25
george57l George Last Online: Yesterday 22:58 Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: London, UK	Turned out my leak was because there was a hole in the metal (aluminium) pipe between the filler cap and the tank. Not cheap to replace! __________________ George - - - - - - - - - - - XC70 T6 Polestar (2014 registered, MY15)

May 30th, 2022, 18:25	#26
george57l George Last Online: Yesterday 22:58 Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: London, UK	PS. if anyone's interested here's the offending part, once removed from the car: Screen Shot 2022-05-30 at 18.22.05.jpg The hole (not pictured) was a pinprick, but it still threw maybe 250-500ml of fuel on the ground while filling up. __________________ George - - - - - - - - - - - XC70 T6 Polestar (2014 registered, MY15)

Mar 3rd, 2022, 16:27	#22
VolvoRoyS Member Last Online: Yesterday 17:13 Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: Sale	Had this problem and bought the parts off eBay and got my local garage to fit both hoses; he said they had to remove the smaller breather hose to get to the filler hose. Old filler hose had a split in it. They charged me 2 hours labour. I ran the fuel tank quite low before I took it in as I don't think they would want to deal with a full tank. Anyhow, put 50 litres in next day and all seems well. Roy

May 21st, 2022, 20:46	#24
volvo2 Master Member Last Online: Today 17:44 Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Evesham	I started noticing a petrol smell while filling up a while ago. This recently got worse but only ever leaked when filling the tank full, ie did not leak at other times. It seemed dangerous to have petrol leaking near the exhaust. Given what has been said here, I did not attempt this job myself and asked a Volvo garage to investigate. They replaced item 23 (the short bent flexible pipe held by two clips) in the assembly diagram above. This has solved it. Total cost £360. 2002 V70, 170k miles.

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