Hello all,
I'm hoping one of you clued-up car-dudes can help put my mind at rest (or not, as the case may be).
I've recently bought a 1990/G plate Peugeot 205 XS and this morning for the first time attempted to fill it with fuel. Midway through this process I was alerted to the fact that the fuel was snaking across and down the driver's side (rear) wheel arch at pretty much the same rate I was pumping it. It's perhaps of note that, because of the car's angle against the filling pump, I was holding the nozzle in an unusual postion (squeeze handle up; nozzle pointed down).
I wheeled the car to the filling station's parking lot and had a good look under the wheel arch to try and find the cause of the leak. I discovered an apparently severed pipe running alongside a much fatter pipe (which runs to the underside fuel tank, so I therefore assume this fatter pipe is the fuel inlet). I don't know what this severed pipe is, or even if it's severed at all (perhaps it's some for of overflow pipe/system, and meant to be that way).
I then bought and filled a plastic petrol can and then tried again to fill the car: this time, there was no apparent leak and all the fuel made it to the now-half-full fuel tank. I washed down the parts of the car that got covered in the leaked petrol and, with trepidation, drove the car home.
I'm now wondering what to do. Neither the car's manual nor the Haynes book the previous owner passed onto me mention anything about the
205's fuel inlet, so I have no idea if there's an overflow system in place. I do not know whether the smaller (apparently severed) pipe is an overflow pipe, or simply a severed (brake fluid?) pipe that will need replacing. Perhaps it was simply my mistake attempting to fill the car with the fuel pump nozzle at an odd angle?Any hints, tips or advice greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Harry.