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Fume smell in car

  • 19-03-2009 12:09pm
    #1
    fifomania
    Closed Accounts Posts: 606 ✭✭✭


    For the past 2/3 days there's been a really strong smell of fumes in my car when I first get in to it. Never noticed it before. Would this be something to take to the garage?


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  • #2
    peasant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,819 ✭✭✭✭peasant


    what kind of fumes? and is that with the engine on or off?


  • #3
    fifomania
    Closed Accounts Posts: 606 ✭✭✭fifomania


    it's like exhaust fumes, a really noxious smell. and it's there before and when the engine is on.


  • #4
    Drummerboy08
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,102 ✭✭✭✭Drummerboy08


    What kind of car is it? We had a similar problem with Ford Fiestas. The injector seals kept failing in them.


  • #5
    ttm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,045 ✭✭✭ttm


    Any chance you changed or topped up the oil just before the smell started? Oil spilt on the exhast manifold can create a right noxious stink.


  • #6
    mike65
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    Check your exhaust manifold, how old is it? You could have small hole in the pipework.


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  • #7
    3ps
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    yep, most likely the beginning of the end for part of the exhaust


  • #8
    fifomania
    Closed Accounts Posts: 606 ✭✭✭fifomania


    Thanks for the replies. Believe it or not I've just had a whole new exhaust fitted in January but maybe that could still be the problem? And I have topped up oil and did spill some but am unsure if the smell was already there! :o


  • #9
    phelixoflaherty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,475 ✭✭✭phelixoflaherty


    Is the boot open.


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