![]() ![]() When I got to that point, I discovered that the breather spigot that the vent hose clips onto had broken out of the fuel tank completely! ![]() I had bought a replacement vent hose, & expected that it would be a fairly simple, if somewhat laborious, task, to lower the fuel tank sufficiently to get to the breather hose & replace it. So, last week was a quiet week for work, & I finally got the chance to get under the car & repair the issue. ![]() Started digging & found that there have been a number of the E90 series cars with this issue, & it appears that the breather hose that runs from the top of the tank to the neck of the fuel filler could be damaged due to excessive movement of the tank. After getting over the shock, I turned the car round so it was across the slope the other way & once I was happy that there was no more fuel running out, went about my business for the day. Then one day after filling the tank, I parked the car across a slope, with the drivers side down hill.Īs I got out of the car I saw petrol dripping from just in front of the right rear wheel. Read a couple of things that indicated an issue with the carbon canister in the venting, priced replacement & thought f**k that, & carried on regardless. However on the few occasions that I did fill the tank, I would notice a very strong raw petrol smell until the fuel level got down to 1/2 tank or below. So it's almost a year since I got my 335i, & for the most part I would only partially fill the fuel tank, because why cart more gas than needed. ![]()
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