Fuel Strong Smell of petrol on start up

dfraser76 · 16th December 2011, 17:40

Have an 07 civic and recently noticed a strong smell of petrol when starting the car up from cold.
Was just wanting to know if any one else has had a similar issue and got any ideas what the problem could be?

Thanks in advance

Duncan

ab17790 · 16th December 2011, 18:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by dfraser76

Have an 07 civic and recently noticed a strong smell of petrol when starting the car up from cold.
Was just wanting to know if any one else has had a similar issue and got any ideas what the problem could be?

Thanks in advance

Duncan

Mine also does this is just normal on cold start warmer weather isnt soo bad

Hullcivic1986 · 16th December 2011, 20:43

+1 I have noticed this the last few weeks with the cold weather also mpg has dropped with the cold starts

The Vision · 17th December 2011, 01:07

choke ?? engine will always run richer on start up....
plus with the dense cold air the smell will linger

bodgerx · 17th December 2011, 01:20

Choke? I think it has been a while since there has been a Civic with a carb.

But yes, an engine Ecu will give more fuel from cold.

The Vision · 17th December 2011, 01:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by bodgerx

Choke? I think it has been a while since there has been a Civic with a carb.

But yes, an engine Ecu will give more fuel from cold.

that would be a manual choke then

but the basics remain the same

bodgerx · 19th December 2011, 02:02

Yep, there are automatic chokes on carb cars. A choke is a valve in the carb. No choke at all on a fuel injected engine.

16th December 2011, 17:40	#1 (permalink)
dfraser76 Join Date: 17th January 2009 Location: edinburgh Posts: 10 Thanks given: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	Strong Smell of petrol on start up Have an 07 civic and recently noticed a strong smell of petrol when starting the car up from cold. Was just wanting to know if any one else has had a similar issue and got any ideas what the problem could be? Thanks in advance Duncan

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bodgerx Car: 2008 ES 1.8 i-VTEC i-Shift Join Date: 25th December 2010 Location: UK Posts: 1,209 Thanks given: 21 Thanked 83 Times in 80 Posts iTrader: (1)	Choke? I think it has been a while since there has been a Civic with a carb. But yes, an engine Ecu will give more fuel from cold.

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bodgerx Car: 2008 ES 1.8 i-VTEC i-Shift Join Date: 25th December 2010 Location: UK Posts: 1,209 Thanks given: 21 Thanked 83 Times in 80 Posts iTrader: (1)	Yep, there are automatic chokes on carb cars. A choke is a valve in the carb. No choke at all on a fuel injected engine.