That is how I would vote too. Remember the 100 fuel cap vents to the boot. If
the tank was full And you were climbing a steep grade there would likely be
some fuel expelled through the vent hole. I live in the Rocky MountIns and my
luggage always smells of fuel.
2,000 meters? Around here that's an anthill.
Bill Lawrence
BN1 #554
> From: tfsbj7@mindspring.com
> To: hypercubic@yahoo.co.uk; robert.duquette@me.com
> Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 16:27:18 -0400
> CC: healeys@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Fuel smell in 100 - what did it turn out to
be?/Scotland - Italy - Scotland final trip report.
>
> I've fuel smell for a few days after over filling the tank (i.e. filling
> the gas right up to the filler cap). If the gas is allowed to run up the
> filler pipe, it can (sometimes) leak by the union gasket that connects the
> tank to the filler tube. Perhaps that was the issue? (Who filled the
tank
> in Italy? Was it you or an attendant? Sometimes a gas attendant can be
> overzealous with selling as much gas as possible ... )
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: n [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of mike brooks
> Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2014 3:23 PM
> To: Robert Duquette
> Cc: Healeys
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Fuel smell in 100 - what did it turn out to
> be?/Scotland - Italy - Scotland final trip report.
>
> Robert,
>
> We just arrived home in Scotland last night. Since I do all the driving and
> had just done 10 hours I decided to leave a reply until this evening. I am
> copying this to The List - hope you don't mind.
>
>
> The short
> answer is I'm not sure. The 100 had been running fine down through England
> and France. We had been over the Grand St Bernard Pass at over 2000metres
> high with no problem. it was shortly after we filled up with petrol for the
> first time in Italy that we noticed the smell. The car still seemed to be
> running fine. The smell lasted the whole five days we were in Italy, mostly
> at high altitude. The car, whilst still seeming to run OK was only doing 17
> mpg rather than the usual 25 - 27. However, most of the trips were short
> ones, and all of them were up and down serious inclines. After we left
> Italy, over the Petit St Bernard Pass into France, the smell continued
> intermittently. But after two more fuel fill-ups in France, we noticed the
> smell had disappeared (well, reverted to the usual "Healey Smell" we are
> used to!!). After that, the 100 continued to run well, and returned over 27
> mpg up through France to the ferry at Calais. Once back in England, we
> continued north and after two fuel fills I was convinced the Healey was
> pulling better than ever. And calculations showed even better mpg figures
of
> 28 and 29 over two fills. I don't have a clear conclusion. However, I have
> the following thoughts:-
>
> - did we have a bad batch of fuel in Italy?
> - did
> running at high altitude make the engine run so rich that we were smelling
> unburnt fuel?
>
> - what about ethanol? UK is less than 5%, France is 10%, don't know about
> Italy.
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