About William Brady Expertise I can answer virtually any question about CLASSIC British cars UP TO THE MID SEVENTIES. Particularly, Aston Martin;Bentley;Jaguar;Jensen;Land Rover & Rolls Royce. Additionally, I can also answer questions for all models up to 2007 which are SOLD IN THE USA.
Experience Over 40 years as mechanic; service manager; Business owner- service and restoration. Recognised automotive expert witness in California Superior court.
Organizations Member of a Number of Professional Institutions; including; SAE.IMI.IE&T. Completed the ASC Master Mechanic Program.
Publications Technical Editor for EJAG a now defunct magazine. I have written numerous articles on Automotive for many magazines and newspapers. I -and my Business- (Bonnet To Boot),was the subject of a lead article in Import car magazine in the 90's
Education/Credentials Graduated as an Artificer Vehicles from The School of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering in UK in 1971 with a Degree in Mechanical Engineering.
Awards and Honors For 15 years I was a member of the SAE transactions committee. Our task was to peruse technical papers and grade them according to a set of criteria.
Question QUESTION: Hi William
There is a strong smell of gas after engine is stopped and car is parked, Happend once before and mechanic said he drained some time of gas reseivoir. Is this something I can do.
I am handy but no a mechanic
Thanks
Scott
sgrody@gmail.com
ANSWER: The car has a fairly elaborate fuel system vapour collection system. Basically, the vapour is stored in a container behind the left headamp and sucked into the engine when it is driving, there are many components to the system so you would need to get a copy of the system layout to follow it through.
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QUESTION: Thanks William
Is there a resevoir I can access either thru the engine compartment or thru the headlamp...is it the left headlamp looking at the car from the outdie or inside?
Is it possible that the resevoir can be purged and does it possible contain actual gasoline?
Thanks again
sgrody@gmail.com
Answer There is no reservoir, there is a carbon cannister in the left front wing, the job of which is to store petrol fumes whilst the engine is not running. It can malfunction for a number of complicated reasons. I suspect there is a broken vacuum hose somewhere which is causing the smell, the best you can do is to follow all of the hoses and check none are broken.
