Got the fright of my life!

[steven.m]

Was driving home from Stirling this afternoon, after being in Glasgow too, and noticed that I could actually notice the fuel gauge slowly dropping from half a tank to nearly empty in around 5 mlies(ish), so I stopped in Gargunnock getting a bit worried. Fuel leak thought I, got out opened the bonnet and noticed a puddle of petrol lieing on the ground below my car! Getting a bit worried by this stage so called my Dad to let him know I had stopped and he came to help me. Whilst he was on his way I noticed that the fuel line going into the injector rail had came off and all the petrol had leaked out it! All I had to do was reconnect it and try and get to the nearest petrol station, which was at the top of a steep climb in Kippen another 5 miles down the road! Atleast the engine bay never went on fire! All I'm out of now is 20 quids worth of fuel and a stinking car!

 

[White16valver]

er, that doesn't sound good! :S

Hope you managed to connect it back up properly! lol

 

[rory182]

jubillee clip till u get that checked by the dealer?

 

[Martin_172]

think thats whats wrong with mine the way it drinks petrol lol

na seriously mate that sounds bad, get it into the dealer and get it checked to why it came off

 

[Thomss]

WOH! how many MPG

 

[steven.m]

about 1 mpg!! it just clips in, dont know why it came loose :S

 

[steven.m]

about 1 mpg! the petrol literally flooded out the hose all over everything, even on the underside of the bonnet. after 5 mins at 60mph i used half a tank!

 

[David_Snaresbrook]

lucky that it didnt catch fire then really.

 

[Jonaldinho]

You could have been BBQ'ed!

 

[fungusman]

Could have been worse.. id get that checked over before i drove it anywhere though

 

[Tigger]

Foly huck you should of got it towed home or got the AA to come out and look at it

Main thing is you & the car are ok now

 

[steven.m]

It fine now, most of it went onto the ground. gave it a wee clean inside and that sorted it. fuel line is securely attached to the injector rail now. i do consider myself very lucky it didnt catch on fire.

 

[GordonD]

Anyone know what pressure is the feed to the injectors at?

 

[DaveLiquid182]

Glad your ok from me as well.
That could of been really nasty.
At least you got out to have a look at the problem & didnt just keep going.

Dave

 

[_Kenny_]

Mate that could have turned out bad! As said above at least you are ok and found the problem

 

[Neil G]

Glad your okay....sounds like you had a lucky escape.

I must remember to buy a fire extinguisher now!

 

[Frasers Cup]

Wheres theres blame theres a claim!

probably loosened off by one of the mechanics during the service by mistake!

 

[TheCake]

Very lucky. My Cup caught fire due to a fuel problem like this!

 

[dyp]

i had a problem like this my mk1 valver was smelling of petrol popped the bonnet and there was a pin sized hole in the fuel line and when the hose was under pressure there was a stream of petrol spraying out over the inlet manifold, not good! all fixed now

 

[Neil G]

Blimey...sounds like you noticed it at the right time

 

[tidyclio]

3.5 bar on the 1.2s mate.the clips holding it in must be dodgy mine is a pain to get of at the best of times.
seriously though you are an extremely lucky guy,the pipes routed along the side of the head and right next the the manifold how it didn't catch fire i don't know