I always turn off engine during refuelling and never encounter petrol smell in cabin. May be I need to try refuelling with engin ON to see if I have same fuel smell.

Now I experience the Petrol Smell after refueling.

What I did differentlly this time was
1. Refuel while engine on
2. I purposely pour some fuel into the small hole at the tank entry.

I never see this small hole in other cars driven before I do not know the function of this small hole but was very carefull not to spill any fuel into it before whenever fueling.

I suspect the the petrol smell come from fuel going into that small hole. Next time I will refuel with engine off and purposely spill some petrol into that small hole.

Yes occassionally ..I call it engine "jerking" .... actually I encounter engine die 3x for 3months ownership. Not only reverse sometime I can feel even going forward. But not a big problem for me yet.

Since you mention that ... I think I do get some petrol smell when filling up the fuel to full tank which I seldom did unless going for long distance.


My experiment so far.

Engine on and Spill some fuel into the small hole ---> Petrol smell
Engine on and be carefull enough not to spill any fuel into the small hole --> NO Petrol smell
Engine Off and Spill some fuel into the small hole --> TBD
Engine off and not to spill any fuel into the small hole --> TBD

By the way I see same small hole in my Volvo fuel tank but not in Unser... so my earlier statement is incorrect.

Yes I can see the differences ...... Cool stuff thank.

You need to switch off just before it go back to its resting position (while returning to its resting position), wait for how long you want it to stop and turn on again.


No wonder in the past I observe the intermittent mode timing is not consistent. It must be I accidentally turn off and on and changed the default unintentionally.

The wiper will only stop at it normal resting position (won't stop at 90% down), what you need to do is switch on the wiper to intermittent mode then switch off (from intermittent mode to off) the wiper while it is going down to its resting position (it will continue to go down to its resting position) once it is at it's resting position count how many second you want it pause and turn back the wiper on (from off to intermittent mode again). This time the intermittent mode will use the new timer.

This post has been edited by klate: Nov 6 2012, 09:24 PM

Yes it is using the charged battery. However in my opinion the impact to battery lifespan is not very significant to be worried (it will be an impact) due to its using just a small amount of stored charge. The missing charge will be regenerated during next long drive.

So far I'm happy with my bold CFE, satisfied with what I paid for. I own the car for 4 months and did 12,000 KM on ODO

What I don't like
- Thin paint
- Occasional engine die off if you quickly engage gear right after starting the engine or when you do the 3 point turns (I experience engine die off ~4x through my ownership)
- Rough engine if driving below 40km/hr

What I likes are more than what I don't like

Comparing to Livina, the big plus to Exora is the rear aircond, bigger space and pulling power.