smell

Hi all. Looking for some help/pointers as to what could be causing this. It only happens after driving the car hard, parking it for a few hours (car is driven normally for a couple of miles before switching off) When i restart the car a few hours later you can smell oil fumes coming through...

Hi, I have owned my Toledo for about a year or so now, and it has always had a fairly low MPG and is gradually smelling stronger of unburnt fuel. The smell of fuel is much stronger when I first start the engine, but many of us have had a look, and have seen no sign of a fuel leak. It has...

I was driving back tonight (wk old FR TDI 450 miles) from work and through a pause in traffic i managed to press the accelerator for the turbo to kick in whilst in 2nd gear just to put a smile back on my face (nothing too harsh though) as i soon caught up with the traffic ahead. As i got...

Getting an eggy smell now and again after giving my car a bit of death so to speak,but then it dies away, cant work out whether its through the heaters or something else ? Car is as quick as always had the TC kicking in alot but apart from that no noticeable loss of pace etc. cheers

ive got a kind of onion smell coming from my engine ...and coming in from the fans, i turned the interior heaters on and it just smells bad ...im having exhaust problems could it be my cat? but its not an eggy smell its more oniony lol. also dont know if its related but powersteering seemed a...

Any idea what this is. A chemical sort of smell. Never had a diesel before so I presume it's something to do with the TDi or the DPF.

Hello peeps, Last night I was drivng home and i turn on my Climat Control and set of Warm air and few moments latter I had petrol smell coming from air vents. After few moments when smell got bit stronger I switched off my C/C and lower my windows to ckear the smeel and once agian when I...

recently i fitted a ram-air induction kit (sounds great!) but i can smell petrol coming through the air vents, checked for leaks, cant see anything different. please help

Hi All, Got a funny prob with the cabin filling with a kind of petrol smell, i've looked and can't see any leaks what so ever. It doesn't do it all the time but seems to be when its stationary maybe due to the smell been driven past if ya get my drift. Cheers...

Was driving back up from Newcastle today and i could smell the cat when i put the foot down to overtake. Don't think i have noticed this before any ideas?

Hey chaps, Im sure with the sunny weekend weather to come everyones going to br out washing there cars, i know i am. The problem is that i recently fixed a Leon Leak but I have started to get a real damp type of smell when i sit in the car, i've started to get use to it but the...

Hi All, I wish I knew more about cars. But I need some techie explanation if possible. My mate's mk4 ibiza has a problem. Clutch is slipping and smelling, and the clutch pedal feels all wrong. (A bit like putting foot in treacle?!?!) Also, car is leaking a fluid onto the floor/road...

hey what should a stage one revo remapped for 98 ron boost up to? mods front mount. for tip and 007 dv. 5th gear is seeing 20 then dropping to 18 psi? is that normal? also just had a good ragging and when we parked up (left running)had a wierd smell coming from it. no like a clutch...

Getting a fuel smell inside the car? anyone else had this? its quite random - yesterday drove for 10mins and parked up - as soon as i parked up, the smell was really strong - but then before hand was only ever a slight smell - when i serviced my car, i never had time to change the fuel...

Those of you who like the smell of stale maccy-d's in your cars are excluded from this - whatcha packing in the form of air-fresheners? I just put "new car smell" in mine, it doesn't smell new - but at least it's a start :p

well.. i picked up the new car 2nite.. (1.820VT) and on the drive home (quite a long drive.. 150 miles) when i was nearing home.. it started to smell like fumes in the car.. anyone any ideas what this could be? i looked around the enging with it still running.. and couldnt smell it there.. or...

Have been doing some reading up on the searches i have done on horrible smells that maybe a cause of a clutch on the way out, the smell i get is something like rotting rubbish, but this only seems to happen when in reverse, reversing up a slant when the blower goes into recirulation mode ? Does...

Hi Guys, I'm assuming it is the clutch as when I am doing clutch control for lets say a couple of minutes I can smell a putrid burning smell in the cabin. Then as I pull away the biting point seems to be higher than normal. I flagged this with the dealer about a year ago and they said they...

My mate has a leon fr tdi and we both went out last night for about 45 mins of very aggressive driving. When we got back popped the bonet and noticed a funny smell commming from the engine bay between the engine and the battery/airbox. Is this anything to worry about or is it just because the...

I seem to have a problem with the Aircon (climate control) on my Leon Stylance, When set to a cooling setting e.g. 16/17 degrees - there is a faint smell which isnt very pleasant - really difficult to describe it though - slightly musky kind of! When set to a high temp to warm the car...