1.4 miles to the gallon.......

[oblark]

How many miles to the gallon.

Had to use the 240 to do the weekly shop today, it’s only 7 miles they and 7 miles back. As I was about 3 miles from Asda I started to smell petrol then the smell went so I thought no more about it. As I’m pulling up in the carpark I noticed the petrol gauge had dropped like a stone, parked the car up and turned it off, then the smoke started coming out from under the bonnet so I popped the bonnet to discover the drivers side of the engine bay covered in petrol and the petrol fed pipe from the tank was leaking petrol so I shut the bonnet and went and did my shopping.

On return I had brought some cable ties, duct tape and mircofibre cloths along with my normal shopping. Firstly I cable tied the petrol fed pipe to stop it from moving then wrapped the fitting with duct tape then wrapped in a microfibre cloth. Then I had to put some fuel to get me home, knowing what the garage is like for petrol leaks I pulled up by a pump stuck £20 in, paid for it, then put the car in gear held the clutch down started the car, dropped the clutch and I was gone.

About 4 miles from home the £20 worth of fuel had gone so I stopped off at the garage by The Vine, stuck another £32 in it and left a large oily/petrol puddle on the floor, same trick again put the car in gear, started it and off. Lucky there’s a good 2 miles of dualcarridge from the garage to the out skirts of Romsey and the fast I went the less fuel I leaked.

When I got home I could see a trail of petrol back up the road from I’d been. Luck enough I’ve got a braided stainless fuel line which has now been fitted and all sorted. From what I can see it looks like the olive hasn’t been crimped properly. So a 14 mile shopping trip has cost me £52 worth of petrol. Which is roughly 1.4 miles to the gallon.