Strong smell of petrol

Heroditas

Filled the car this morning (Audi A4 1.8T) and have since driven about 16 miles in 3 short hops.
Noticed a strong smell of petrol on the way home this evening and after I parked the car, noticed two small pools - one just in front of the right rear wheel and a second just behind the front right wheel.
Obviously need to bring it in to be checked.... any ideas if the fuel line could be damaged? Seems a bit unusual to be leaking from two locations though.

peasant

Could you possibly have overfilled it and the petrol is coming out the expansion outlets?

Petrol is very cold and dense in the underground tank ...in a warm-ish car it then expands ..if you brimmed it, that might be the explanation

anyway ..get it checked asap, as even expanding petrol shouldn't normally reach the outside

Heroditas

Where are the expansion outlets?

I put the key in the ignition and turned it to start the electrics and pressurize the line and heard a hissing - the leak then started again just in front of the back wheel. The hiss then stopped after a few seconds but petrol contined to dribble out.
At that stage I took the key out.

I'm not having much luck with it recently.

peasant

I'm not even sure that your car has an expansion device, never mind where.

But what you're describing there now sounds pretty serious, like fuel is actually being pumped outside through a leak.

Stop playing with it, get it looked at (and don't smoke )

Heroditas

Brought it in to the mechanic this morning. It was certainly getting pumped alright - by the pump!
There was a hole in the fuel line where it had been rubbing against part of the car.
Hopefully it'll be ready by this evening.