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Originally posted by Kyle T
If it was leaking you would smell it. If you can park it in a small garage overnight the smell will be more obvious.

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wave a lighter around under the car....

If it was leaking you would smell it. If you can park it in a small garage overnight the smell will be more obvious.

cheers chaps, i'm not 100% sure it leaking but thanks for the tips :thumbs:

If your petrol tank is leaking a little bit you wont see any drips, it will all come out as gas.

Has the gauge packed up? Talking form experience, it was a common thing to happen on novas

if it is leaking enough to make your petrol gauge move without you moving the car then it is loosing a substancial amount an i would jack it up an toch any where that is wet an have a sniff about

do i need to state the obvious No nake lights/flames

on a dry floor it would leave a mark even though it has evaporated thinners does exactly the same not suggesting you put thinners in ya tank

petrol usually evaporates after about 10minutes so it wont be obvious unless it is that bad, that it leaves a puddle.

if you can put car in a garage or summat then at least you can narrow the leak down eg if the is spillage under rear end you can start looking round rear end for holes or loose pipe

if you can safely raise the car off the ground eg jack up the rear end and put a couple of axle stands under the rear beam then get under an have a look

the bigger the leak the more obvious it will be

does your petrol dissapear when you have just filled the tank to the top or any certain level as the may be a hole at a certain point in yer tank

willl it be that obvious?

Park car on a dry patch of ground
leave it there for a while
come back look for wet patch

or lie on floor and watch for drips

my fuel gauge goes down without me even using the car, where should i look for a leak other than the petrol tank? or will it just be the tank?

thanks