Hi Drtydzl,

Sounds like maybe your fuel pump seal has twisted inside the pump.

I had the same problem with my diesel Kiki fuel pump, not as bad for the hard starting and the dropping revs, but deff the fuel smell and fuel dripping out the pump.

I bought a fuel pump overhaul kit ($10Aus) and read a lot of info from http://www.pocuk.com/forums/ (Mods hope I can put that there, sorry if not) and took the top of the pump off and replaced the seal. This can be done in car and does not need the pump to be removed. If you have fuel leaking from another area of the pump you might have to take it out and get it fixed.

Have a good look through the pocuk website and do as much reading as you can, get your seal kit and pick up the spanners dude! good luck mate. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cheers.gif" alt="" />

saved me a packed fixing it, but I was lucky it was just the top seal.

Jim.