Diesel Smell Inside The Car

[RogerTr]

I can smell diesel inside the car and this has been getting worse over a period of time, any ideas? I've had a look under the bonnet but have no idea what I'm looking for. I can't see any obvious leaks.

Edited March 24, 2014 by RogerTr

[chrispb123456]

Does your booster heater work (fitted under the floor passenger side in front of rear wheel) look for a small exhaust pipe.

It could be fumes from this.

[RogerTr]

I had a look but can't find anything that looks like what you said. Is it under the rear passenger seat?

[chrispb123456]

Sorry just realised you have a MK3 it's not fitted to the Mk3 diesel in the UK.

I would have thought if you have a diesel leak it would be obvious because of the mess, if it's all dry it may be exhaust fumes you can smell in which case you need to get underneath to check around the exhaust.

[pint]

I had this problem. Likely the small plastic taps (fuel return line) in the injector nozzles leak diesel over the engine. If you pull the plastic engine cover, you are likely to see some diesel pooling under injectors.

 

Apparently this is an known issue; I had mine repaired at the shop, so it will be their problem if some of those plastic connectors break. (The shop had to take another attempt at this as the initial replacement kit installation didn't fix it right away)