Smell of fuel at startup

[JKSEN]

Hi all,

A few days ago when I was leaving work I could smell fuel when I started up the engine and drove off. I didn't think anything of it since I had the same thing happen with my old Vauxhall Corsa (Don't judge! It was a first car:P). Anyways, a friend at work also said that it was running a bit rich and that I should get it retuned. If they are right, does anyone recommend anywhere I could get this done in Romford?

Thanks in advance.

[Jethro_Tull]

Get it to a garage, have of looked at.  Any garage will have a gas analyser and tell you if its running rich or not.

[Russ]

Did you check under the bonnet incase there's a fuel leak?

[JKSEN]

On 28/06/2017 at 9:16 AM, Jethro_Tull said:

Get it to a garage, have of looked at.  Any garage will have a gas analyser and tell you if its running rich or not.

Thanks a lot:)

[JKSEN]

On 28/06/2017 at 9:26 AM, Russ said:

Did you check under the bonnet incase there's a fuel leak?

I don't see any signs of a leak anywhere. I'll get it to a garage. 

[Bobr]

Usually, if it's running rich you can smell it in the exhaust.

[MJNewton]

An OBD reader can be a useful tool to have for a variety of reasons but in this instance you could use it to read the pre-cat oxygen sensor output and fuel trims to determine whether it is running rich/lean.