Rob_M
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Guy's,
just thought I'd put a post up with the solution that Seat in Northampton found for my fuel leak problem, because when I searched for help there were no solutions only threads which asked for help.
Firstly, I must say the service from Seat Northampton has been the best experience I have had with a garage since I started driving! Total cost for the car to be inspected and fixed £45.00 - a nice bonus when I was expecting to be told I needed a new fuel tank and pump.
The problem was caused by the former owner or a previous garage being a total pleb. Under the bonnet there are 3 pipes on the drivers side for the fuel lines, 1 is the main fuel supply line, then the breather pipe then a 3rd (can't remember what they said it was for).
Basically, someone had disconnected these pipes and missed the colour coding when putting them back together and decided the fuel supply line should go straight into the breather pipe = fuel going straight back to the filler neck and out onto the road.
Seat have no idea why this was done, or why my car wasn't running rough!! Heopfully now it will be even smoother and maybe get better than 26 mpg on a run!?
I will get a couple of photo's up later to show what I mean.
Hopefully this will help someone out in the future.
just thought I'd put a post up with the solution that Seat in Northampton found for my fuel leak problem, because when I searched for help there were no solutions only threads which asked for help.
Firstly, I must say the service from Seat Northampton has been the best experience I have had with a garage since I started driving! Total cost for the car to be inspected and fixed £45.00 - a nice bonus when I was expecting to be told I needed a new fuel tank and pump.
The problem was caused by the former owner or a previous garage being a total pleb. Under the bonnet there are 3 pipes on the drivers side for the fuel lines, 1 is the main fuel supply line, then the breather pipe then a 3rd (can't remember what they said it was for).
Basically, someone had disconnected these pipes and missed the colour coding when putting them back together and decided the fuel supply line should go straight into the breather pipe = fuel going straight back to the filler neck and out onto the road.
Seat have no idea why this was done, or why my car wasn't running rough!! Heopfully now it will be even smoother and maybe get better than 26 mpg on a run!?
I will get a couple of photo's up later to show what I mean.
Hopefully this will help someone out in the future.
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