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Diesel leakage into the coupe


Jannelu

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Hi everyone.
My daugter have a 2015 Fiat Freemont (Dodge Journey) and its been a problem with diesel leaking from underneath of the car.
I picked it up today and drove it into my garage in order to check it out.
I noticed a odour of diesel and i discovered that its been leaking fuel into the coupe, under the carpet on the driverside.
The carpet is soaked with diesel?
Anyone got a clue where it may come from?
I cant see any fuel lines on the floor, they should be routed underneath the car i suppose.

Any ideas?

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 First welcome to the group,,,,, we dont diesel in the states but i would be having the fuel lines checked from the rear to the front for leaks and also the fuel rails on top of the motor as well that said also check to see if fuel is noted on the front firewall, that said i did have an old truck around 20 yrs ago i was getting a gas smell inside the cab and it ended up being a return vapor air line going back to the tank that they ran thur the inside of the cab ,it had rusted out. it was located right under the step rail along side of the seat, i dont think you will find that to be the cause but you never know,,,,good luck and also what is the avg mpg on your journey   also when you find out what the problem is please report back for any others that might have them happen to them

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Thank you 2late4u?

I have removed all the seats and carpets and found that the left, rear  passenger side also is soaked with diesel?

The right hand side is dry and fine, i did search for  fuellines inside the car but did not find any.

I noticed a small leak under the car,  i will raise the car and check it more thorougly later today but i dont believe that it would cause a diesel leak into the car.

I start to suspect that a previous owner at some point may have spilled fuel inside, thats the only explanation i can think of.

Anyway, i will clean everything really good and put the seats back and drive it without the carpet, if it still has diesel coming into the car i should notice it.

If everything is fine, i need to find a carpet, preferably a used one...

About the fuelmileage, i really dont know as its my daugters car and i havent been driving it much.

Thanks 

Jannelu

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WOW that looks like  big puddles of fuel, hope it is what you are hoping for from the previous owner, but that looks like a big leak somewhere, keep an eye on the rear floor above the fuel  tank as there could be a pressure leak from the fuel pump spraying upwards, my granddaughter had an old caravan and the top of the fuel pump was right under the floor and they were known to develop small cracks and leak/spray

fuel from the plastic nipple that came out of the fuel tank on the way to the engine

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