Weird Smell...
02-04-2011, 01:14 PM
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Weird Smell...
It's not clutch, exhaust, or rich gas mix... no other symptoms whatsoever... no leaks, no squeaks, nothing.
Every other startup, generally only after it has been sitting overnight, I get a smell that I only smell inside the cabin. Sometimes the passenger will smell it, sometimes not. It usually happens after letting the car warm up for a few minutes, and after getting going down the road for a minute or two, it goes away never to return for the remainder of the drive/day. It seems to have gotten better with the cold. It's a bit of a burnt smell, but as I said, not quite clutch or rubbber smell.
Any ideas?
Every other startup, generally only after it has been sitting overnight, I get a smell that I only smell inside the cabin. Sometimes the passenger will smell it, sometimes not. It usually happens after letting the car warm up for a few minutes, and after getting going down the road for a minute or two, it goes away never to return for the remainder of the drive/day. It seems to have gotten better with the cold. It's a bit of a burnt smell, but as I said, not quite clutch or rubbber smell.
Any ideas?
02-04-2011, 01:43 PM
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I'll go pick up some vent cleaner after I drop a package off 
and I looked at the cabin filter when I bought the car (because I had just bought one for the c230 I sold) and its the carbon impregnated one, and at a glance of the underside, it didn't look bad... but now that you say it, my old 230's filter looked fine and had a smell, and when I changed it, the smell went away... crap! I may give that a try too. I use a buddy's wholesale parts account at dealer to get that thing for like $20
and I looked at the cabin filter when I bought the car (because I had just bought one for the c230 I sold) and its the carbon impregnated one, and at a glance of the underside, it didn't look bad... but now that you say it, my old 230's filter looked fine and had a smell, and when I changed it, the smell went away... crap! I may give that a try too. I use a buddy's wholesale parts account at dealer to get that thing for like $20
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The O'Reilys live 3 hours away back in my hometown. The 3 sons of the grandfather O'Reily who started it all (dead) pretty much still run the joint. Before Dental school I was a bartender for a catering company that catered all of their family dinners and charity functions. I got to know all of them over a period of about 3 years. Nice people. And filfthy rich.
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The O'Reilys live 3 hours away back in my hometown. The 3 sons of the grandfather O'Reily who started it all (dead) pretty much still run the joint. Before Dental school I was a bartender for a catering company that catered all of their family dinners and charity functions. I got to know all of them over a period of about 3 years. Nice people. And filfthy rich.
http://www.rdsinvestments.com/New%20home.htm
plus heres the dog house!
02-04-2011, 02:45 PM
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Looks like I know who I'm hanging out with this summer!
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Lol yeah he has a custom wake boat with a small block 350 in it, thing is a beast!!! Have another friend about to sell his other boat and get a new wake boat too. So summer fun!
