Pressurized fume release from fuel tank, also, meter lighting and Stereo.

[DonDavidson]

Problem 1. i've never had this before, with this car or any other but when i removed the fuel filler cap yesterday i got quite a strong pressurized release of fumes/gas. The tank was almost empty, i've never had it that low before and was wondering if that could cause a problem?

 

Problem 2. When driving with the lights on only the light behind my rev-meter lines up correctly, as in, the Speedo is harder to read because the light behind it only lines up correctly with about 50% of the notches.

 

Problem 3. Stereo stopped working after sitting still all day, worked all the way to a car show on sunday then as we went to leave it didn't power up when the rest of the electrics came on, probably just a fuse?

 

will maybe try and get a picture of these later.

 

Any ideas about these problems would be handy

 

Cheers in advance

[Iky]

1) I've had this on a few cars. Nothing to worry about.

 

2) Do you have LED's fitted or is it the standard colour? If it's standard bulbs then one or two might be blown. Theres a handy guide on here somwhere on how to swap them.

 

3) As you say, it's probably just a fuse or bad connection.

[Geo]

Problem 1. i've never had this before, with this car or any other but when i removed the fuel filler cap yesterday i got quite a strong pressurized release of fumes/gas. The tank was almost empty, i've never had it that low before and was wondering if that could cause a problem?

 

Problem 2. When driving with the lights on only the light behind my rev-meter lines up correctly, as in, the Speedo is harder to read because the light behind it only lines up correctly with about 50% of the notches.

 

Problem 3. Stereo stopped working after sitting still all day, worked all the way to a car show on sunday then as we went to leave it didn't power up when the rest of the electrics came on, probably just a fuse?

 

will maybe try and get a picture of these later.

 

Any ideas about these problems would be handy

 

Cheers in advance

 

Problem 1 - Probably just so low that the fumes were pretty pungent bud, fill her to the brim and see if you get the same smell??

 

Problem 2 - Bulb out matey, had a few on mine out, but was too lazy to replace, easy enough to do, pull the dash apart and replace the duff bulb/bulbs

 

Problem 3 - when you doing the bulbs for the dash pull out and re-connect the stereo cables could be loose? And check all fuses?

 

Let us know how you get on Neil?