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.
Hello! The hose is the return feed to the tank. Basically it returns any unused fuel from the carburettor to the fuel tank. If this is broken then fuel will spill out. Repair the pipe and this will solve the problem. (You can possibly do it with a plastic 'spigot' if it's a clean break) sPoNiX
The hose is the return feed to the tank. Basically it returns any Thanks for that sPoNiX -- but would a problem with the return feed also explain the leakage upon filling the tank? The fatter pipe leading from the fuel-filler-cap/inlet assembly appears intact/undamaged. Thanks. Harry.
If the fluidlevel inside the tank rises to above the spot where the leak is than I would guess it will come out the leak. Maarten
the smaller pipe that runs adjacent the the larger filler pipe is a breather pipe, it is connected tt the neck of the filler and again into the tank itself...it is there to allow air in the tank to escape out through the filler neck while you are filling up with fuel...it is possible that as you were filling the tank some of the fuel ran down the breather and through the split in the pipe instead of into the tank.......a simple repair will do as long as it is sealed and done with fuel resistant pipe etc...
