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Message: <blockquote data-quote="anxious" data-source="post: 255919" data-attributes="member: 193">I had a scare today. I was in Jln Tenggiri, Seberang Jaya. At the traffic lights(b4 Shell station), my wife was commenting that there was a strong petrol smell . We thought it was the car in front of us. Suddenly a lady started knocking on my window saying that petrol was coming out under my car. I pulled over and it was petrol pouring out. Called my mech and he told me to go to any workshop nearby as it was probably a hose. There was a mech behind the Shell station. I drove there (about 100 metres away.) He wasnt sure what the cause was. My mech told me to tell him to look under the rear seat but the mech told me he had to drop the fual tank to check. He didnt really seem to know what to do.(although he was quite helpful, he wasnt even sure how the jack the car up on the ramp....where to place the ramp legs...he eventually did it but I was worried that he would damage my undercarriage). I decided to call AAM and toe the car back to Pg to my normal mech. My mech seened to know excactly what went wrong , the hose under the rear seat gave way and caused the petrol to leak. He changed the hose and cleaned up the area. It took 10 mins and costed me RM20. Phew The bridge toll for AAM's truck was anor RM45 and I tipped the driver RM5. What a scary experience seeing petrol leak when I tried to drive the car.  Lesson learnt: avoid inexperienced mechs in an emergency as they may make things worse. Just try to toe your car back to ur normal BMW chap.</blockquote>

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