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Conference terri::cars_uk

Title:Cars in the UK
Notice:Please read new conference charter 1.70
Moderator:COMICS::SHELLEYELD
Created:Sun Mar 06 1994
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2584
Total number of notes:63384

1133.0. "smelly back-end" by FIELD::LOUGHLINI (Life's a beach) Wed Jul 04 1990 15:59

    For some time, I have been able to smell exhaust fumes in my R25.
    It's not only in heavy traffic where I could be ingesting others'
    fumes and I've had the exhaust checked out at Humphreys. Their
    suggestion is that I fit one of those flashy chrome extensions
    to my pipe ( I mean the R25's pipe of course ) since the fumes
    could be rising vertically, when stationary, and entering the
    car via the boot seal.
    
    Does this sound plausible and has anyone had this problem/fix?
    
    Being a middle-aged, outside_lane_squating, IAM, ROSPA, b_o_f,
    I don't want to fit flashy gizmos without good reason.
    
    Ian
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1133.1VANDAL::TALBOYSPeter Talboys 774-6270Wed Jul 04 1990 17:375
We had a not dis-similar problem with Jane's 1st 924, and it was very
definitely the boot/hatch seal not sealing correctly. The fix we used
was to sell the car I'm afraid.

Peter
1133.2Smelly VolvoTENERE::GATESSat Aug 31 1991 15:4410
    My dad has a problem with a smelly volvo 7** turbo intercooler
    bus-thing. He does not get exhaust fumes but gets the smell of petrol
    when he winds down the windows. It is quite strong and there is also
    the same smell in the boot. All the fuel-pipes and breather pipes have
    been checked by the garage he bought the car from, but the problem
    still remains.
    
    Any ideas or has anybody had a similar problem?
    Thanks,
    Barry.