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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 18:59

    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

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1133.1		VANDAL::TALBOYS	Peter Talboys 774-6270	`Wed Jul 04 1990 20:37`	5
	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
1133.2	Smelly Volvo	TENERE::GATES		`Sat Aug 31 1991 17:44`	10
	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.