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Curried Car

  • 27-09-2005 9:14am
    #1
    fletch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,423 ✭✭✭


    Everytime I turn on the heating in my car, there is a lovely smell of curry....anyone got any ideas why? or what it could be?


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  • #2
    whippet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,718 ✭✭✭whippet


    did you buy it from someone who moonlighted as a delivery guy for a chinese!! :D


  • #3
    Big Nelly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,613 ✭✭✭Big Nelly


    Seen in tesco yesterday a cleaner for the air con system....didnt look at it much to see what you do but it was there....mite be an option!!


  • #4
    fletch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,423 ✭✭✭fletch


    whippet wrote:
    did you buy it from someone who moonlighted as a delivery guy for a chinese!! :D
    :) Don't think so....only started happening in the last few weeks (ever since I flushed the coolant system)....wonder is it related?


  • #5
    KTRIC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭KTRIC


    fletch wrote:
    :) Don't think so....only started happening in the last few weeks (ever since I flushed the coolant system)....wonder is it related?


    Did you flush it with curry ?? That might be the cause !!


  • #6
    fletch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,423 ✭✭✭fletch


    K-TRIC wrote:
    Did you flush it with curry ?? That might be the cause !!
    Yes I did as it happens....I ran a hot vindaloo through it.... :D That explains it....mystery solved!
    lol jeez i didn't expect this thread to be taken SO lightly ;)
    So anybody got anything constructive to contribute?


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  • #7
    Hagar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,793 ✭✭✭✭Hagar


    Yeah, got that smell in my wife's car. Had to top up the coolant regularly. She, the car, not the wife, had a rad leak.

    Maybe you just have an airlock which has the same net effect, no coolant where there should be coolant.


  • #8
    Interceptor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,180 ✭✭✭Interceptor


    My wife sometimes leaks and smells of curry, I top her up with cold beer and it always fixes the problem :)

    I reckon you have a coolant leak too - if the heater is blowing hot air then its is unlikely to be airlocked otherwise there is often a bleed valve near the bulkhead where the hoses go to the heater where you can check for bubbles. Is the car old and was the system filled with water before you flushed it?

    'c


  • #9
    fletch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,423 ✭✭✭fletch


    Interceptor wrote:
    My wife sometimes leaks and smells of curry, I top her up with cold beer and it always fixes the problem :)

    I reckon you have a coolant leak too - if the heater is blowing hot air then its is unlikely to be airlocked otherwise there is often a bleed valve near the bulkhead where the hoses go to the heater where you can check for bubbles. Is the car old and was the system filled with water before you flushed it?

    'c
    The car is old enough ('98)....sounds like I have a leak alright. Tis weird cause a few weeks ago I noticed a small leak on the passenger floor (it was coolant cause i knew by the colour of it)....but it hasn't leaked since.
    I asked my Dad about it & he said it's prob the heater rad leaking but the weird thing is, is that the heater controls all work as expected in the car


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