Diagnosing and fixing a petrol (gas) smell in my SL55 AMG will be VERY expensive | Part 1

Something as seemingly simple as a gasoline (petrol) smell in the cabin is much more involved than it appears…

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Hopefully this series of videos will help other R230 SL owners diagnose a common problem - petrol fumes in the cabin. In Part 1 we visit Hitech to find out what will have to be done to even locate the source of the fumes.

[mguytv]

Accessing the fuel filler and tank is notoriously difficult on R230s so maybe bear that in mind before posting comments...?

[Sage_TheAmericanPitBullTerrier]

A couple air fresheners should the trick. ;)

But seriously, I would’ve checked for fuel leaks under the car by the fuel filter & pump before paying hundreds of dollars to have a mechanic remove the roof, interior etc. Sometimes the hoses crack and leak by the clamps.

[azmike]

Sounds like you should be getting a second opinion "While Your SL 500 Gently Weeps (petrol)".

[wewillmakeit]

Funny. I just bought an SL 500 that seems to have that same problem. Didnˋt look into it yet. Is that some common issue on those cars?

[kondjanegongo]

ummmm what happend to the Movember stash?

[MrMachacker]

it’s really not that big of a job, this mechanic is making it sound like a huge pain in the ass so he can make you think it’s going to take the entire shop of workers to fix the leak.

6 hours of labor.

iv seen this job performed before.

[finn]

"yeah we need to disassemble the whole car for a fuel leak, that will be $10000 please"
classic mechanics😂

[alexthetic]

Dude. Spend $20 on a WIS CD and out your vin in and see how the fuel lines run etc. these guys from what they’re doing are making a lot of assumptions