Holden Commodore 2006: Bad smell from engine

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There is a petrol smell filling my 2006 VZ SVZ wagon when I?m driving and I am only getting 388 km from a 75-litre tank of petrol. It seems to me that there is something wrong, what do you think?

Answered by CarsGuide

21 September 2010

Graham Smith

On your figures it’s getting 19 L/100 km whereas it should be getting around 11 L/100 km. That says there’s something very wrong, and the petrol smell suggests it could be running very rich. It could be a problem with the oxygen sensor. Have it checked out.

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