Please read: Potential petrol leak on 360s

Post by **pettaw** » 07 Apr 2005 07:47 pm

This is important and could happen to any 360 so I've made it a sticky. There are pics further down because this has now happened twice to me.

Beware of the jubilee clip that goes from the filler hose to the tank on these. The clip fatigued all by itself on mine and fell off, resulting in a fuel leak so bad that someone called the fire brigade. They packed some sort of putty stuff round the hose, but it didn't really fix it.

Luckily it stopped it well enough for me to get it home and change the 2 pound clip. I put a stainless steel one on now so hopefully no more rusting clips! If yours looks a bit iffy then its easy to do. Wait till fuel is very low and then jack the car up and place on stands, remove rear offside tyre so you can see what you're doing, and change the clips. You might have to cut the old one off though.

Post by **SoLaMaNdA** » 08 Apr 2005 12:22 am

My car sometimes has a smell of petrol. Never found a leak, anywhere else I should look?

Post by **bodejodel** » 08 Apr 2005 12:49 am

Have had no problems so far, but I will check soon.
Thanks for the advice! 340pw

Post by **5lab** » 08 Apr 2005 07:09 am

smell of petrol can often just be the carb

Post by **SoLaMaNdA** » 08 Apr 2005 10:37 am

I think your right. Only seems to do it when ragged. Anything I should check on the carb, not been able to find anything wrong with it in the past.

Post by **pettaw** » 24 Mar 2006 12:24 pm

The same thing has just happened on the Red GLT so check your hose clips everyone. If in any doubt replace it when the tank's low. I've now got to do mine with 3/4 of a tank of fuel in, hopefully it'll be OK now I've jacked it up at a very acute angle.

Post by **pettaw** » 24 Mar 2006 01:15 pm

OK I've changed the clips now.

This is a serious issue as if it goes completely it leaves you with a large fuel leak until the tank gets down below approx half full.

It applies only to 360s

Pics:

Pipe beforehand.

Rusted clip.
I cut the other clip off cos the screw was so rusted up I couldn't undo it.

All fixed with 2xstainless steel jubilee clips. Cost 4.50 GBP.

Post by **jtbo** » 24 Mar 2006 01:18 pm

My experience with this is that those fuel hoses that has this fabric like surface, they tend to be cracked from inside (rubber) and then fuel just comes trough hose when driving, really hard to spot specially if (when) there is oil leak to mess places.

For 360GL 1988 There was engine room hoses, then under car, hoses that go to fuel tank, there is few of this similar hose types connecting those plastic hoses together and last top of fueltank (under rear seat).

All of them leaked in my car, with carb I did not notice it much, just sometimes little leaking and fuel consumption seemed tad high and I was looking problem from carb and ignition parts.

When I installed fuel injection, I saw pool of fuel under car, also hoses in engine room leaked like they would been paper and this all was not pressure side!

I guess time does it's job for those hoses.

Oh yes, I have done that thing that pettaw needed to do also, I saw little leaking and started to tighten that original clip hardly got wrench on place as it snapped.
Original clips seem to be quite thin material.
Also those clips that hold fuel tank on place I needed to replace, were rotten out.

Post by **pettaw** » 24 Mar 2006 01:21 pm

Yeah those el cheapo cloth covered hoses are a whole other story, and always give trouble, but usually they only leak under certain conditions such as extremely full fuel tank etc, this is a much more serious issue.

The cloth covered hoses are on all Volvo 300s but this only applies to 360s.

Post by **petefarrell360** » 24 Mar 2006 01:31 pm

Good advice mate, this seems to be an issue that is starting to come to light as the cars are getting older and the corrosion is setting in. Must check mine at some point........
Pete

Post by **SteveP** » 24 Mar 2006 01:43 pm

Definitely good advice, I'll be checking these this weekend.

Post by **V6 Man** » 24 Mar 2006 02:46 pm

This issue isn't going to affect Foggy though is it?

I mean he never has any fuel, let alone half a tank............

Post by **pettaw** » 24 Mar 2006 02:57 pm

Haha, no

Website · Post by **antiekeradio** » 24 Mar 2006 03:11 pm

the hoses connecting the fuel expansion tank (behind RH c-pillar cover) are prone to leaking as well.. when there is a 'toolbox day' at V3C we always order like 10 meters of that type of tubing beforehand

explains the majority of cases when there is fuel smell. A carburettor isn't that prone to start smelling, except when its leaky as well ofcourse

Post by **Chris_C** » 24 Mar 2006 03:47 pm

I know Kar has that problem Wouter, havn't tested Fake yet, I need to get some of that tube and sort it out.