Intermeccanica model d roadster gas drip

Sounds like brake fluid.

It doesn't matter what it sounds like, it matters what it smells like.

If it's oily, it could be coming from an engine breather box.

Follow it and see where the other end goes.

What type of engine do you have?  Air cooled, Subaru, Audi, etc.?

Try crawling under the car at that spot and see what is happening?  Trace the hose back to its source.

It is a Subaru engine, the hose appears to be going to the front of the car.

Could be coolant(Subaru), brake fluid, oil, or gasoline.

Easy enough to tell by feeling it with your fingers and the "sniff" test.

If you don't know what all four of these feel and smell like, enlist the help of a friend who does.

If the hose originates at the front of the car it may be the hose that is attached to the a nipple on the filler neck. It is to vent the gas tank so it can get air. Most of those just terminate into the front wheel well. But I've heard of some people who have a hose running all the way to the rear wheel well. You'll have to trace the hose back to its origination point to be certain.

You might need to light a match to see better...   At least, that will tell you if it's gasoline.

Seriously, what Robert M says above is probably what is going on.

Hi all,

I believe Robert has the answer. When I filled it with gas I put in as much fuel as would fit, when I drove up a hill some spilled into that hose and came out the hose at the back tire. When I blew air in the fuel tank it came out that hose. I won’t fill the tank quite so full. Thanks everyone for sending in your ideas, thus the problem is solved.

Mike

@Mike Dowd posted:

Hi all,

I believe Robert has the answer. When I filled it with gas I put in as much fuel as would fit, when I drove up a hill some spilled into that hose and came out the hose at the back tire. When I blew air in the fuel tank it came out that hose. I won’t fill the tank quite so full. Thanks everyone for sending in your ideas, thus the problem is solved.

Mike

Still, a pic or two of your car would be nice

@Mike Dowd posted:

Hi all,

I believe Robert has the answer. When I filled it with gas I put in as much fuel as would fit, when I drove up a hill some spilled into that hose and came out the hose at the back tire. When I blew air in the fuel tank it came out that hose. I won’t fill the tank quite so full. Thanks everyone for sending in your ideas, thus the problem is solved.

Mike

Woo hoo! Look at me. I got one right. Even a broken analog clock is right twice a day. I guess it was just my turn.

@Robert M posted:

Woo hoo! Look at me. I got one right. Even a broken analog clock is right twice a day. I guess it was just my turn.

That’s the beauty of this site. No matter what happens to our cars, there’s usually someone that has already solved the mystery.

I just wish more prospective owners would check in before they put money down with certain “builders.”

Here are a couple of pictures of my Intermeccanica

Thanks dlearl476 for the help.

mike

@Mike Dowd Nice Looking Car!! Mike

@Mike Dowd nice car and BTW that is the overflow hose from the GAS tank.  It is better to not overfilll the tank and allow 1/2 inch to 1 inch of air space at the top of the tank for expansion.  It happens to me as well with my IM if I overfill the GAS tank, then you get the smell and if it is hot out then some expansion can cause it to leak on the ground/floor of the garage.

Funny Bob, on the match solution, I nearly fell off my chair

@Mike Dowd post a few more picts of your car and the gas tank, is the filler a small size cap?

Hi laM-Ray,

Here are a few more photos, it looks to me that it is a small cap but I don’t know.

Mike

Nice car and you have the double panel for the battery and fuse box.

@Mike Dowd posted:

Thanks dlearl476 for the help.

mike

Tweren’t me, it was Robert.