For some time I have been smelling a petrol smell in the cockpit when the car has been for a run, then I leave it a bit and start the engine again. The first 10 - 15 seconds of the heater blower becomes petrol vapour, I thought this might have been the heater matrix, but I noticed today that the whole engine bay is smelling of petrol after a run. This is not easy to solve I know but its driving me up the wall. Are there any likely places where the petrol might be leaking from, is there a pertrol filter in the engine bay that could be mis fitted........? (12/99)

There is a charcoal canister that is supposed to "soak up" excess petrol in the manifold and then release it once the engine is warm. As you've probably sussed by now I'm a bit wooly on exactly how it's all connected up, but this sounds like a possibility. Any other kind of petrol leak would be *very* obvious because of the high pressures involved. Both fuel pump and filter are at the back of the car. (12/99)

The heater matrix has gone on my Laguna, it smells of sweet sickley stuff, definitely not Petrol. Check all the hoses & connections for leaks, and carry a fire extinguisher, just in case! (12/99)