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Iggle piggle

Member Since: 10 Sep 2014
Location: Wales
Posts: 378

1989 Defender 90 V8 Petrol ST Alpine White

Fuel tank breather

It’s been a long time but I Filled the old girl up last weekend to make the trip over to Halifax which had to be cancelled last minute due to a slight misfire (cured with a new distributor cap)

Ever since I’ve noticed a petrol smell around the car & in the cab, I’m going to take the tank cover off this weekend & investigate but can’t see any obvious leaks,
Is there a tank breather I should check?

14th Feb 2018 9:50pm

Devon-Rover

Member Since: 22 Jan 2015
Location: South Devon
Posts: 917

2014 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 USW Aintree Green

One assumes a standard under seat tank then yes there is a vent.

Look through the wheel arch and following the filler pipe is the breather it vents into the filler apature so not to open air. Check the pipework from tank to carb for leaks / old age of the pipework, modern ethanol in petrol eats the rubber pipes.

Check when running could be a leaking union on the carbs or a stuck float causing it to overflow out the spill pipe. Also can be found on Fb, Ytube, Insta & Twitter @4WDSouthwest

14th Feb 2018 10:42pm

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