Smell in Cabin Mercedes E320 Bluetec
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Smell in Cabin Mercedes E320 Bluetec
Hello,
Smell gets to a cabin in my E320 Blutec, 116,000 miles on it. What may be the issue? Smell starts during the cold time of the year only, I replaced a cabin filter and it still smells. Please advise.
Thank you,
Siarhei
Smell gets to a cabin in my E320 Blutec, 116,000 miles on it. What may be the issue? Smell starts during the cold time of the year only, I replaced a cabin filter and it still smells. Please advise.
Thank you,
Siarhei
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Does it smell like you need to change your socks or does it smell like an exhaust leak? There's a whole world of smells out there. Can you classify yours?
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It smells like exhaust but very strong smell, and it is not like a diesel smell neither burned diesel fuel smell. It smell outside too strong smell during the cold or wet weather!
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I add FPPF (diesel additive) to every tank of fuel and keep a small bottle in my trunk. When that bottle has occasion to leak, the smell WILL work its way into the cabin.
Do you have anything in the trunk that may be the cause? A bottle of additive? A spray can of lube?
Do you have anything in the trunk that may be the cause? A bottle of additive? A spray can of lube?
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No, I don't have anything in my trunk. Smell sems to be coming from under the hood. My brother has GL 2008 diesel and has the same smell but it doesn't get to the cabin as in my E320. It started after 100,000 miles approximately, I didn't have that smell before...
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Look for an exhaust leak under the hood. Have someone hold their hand over the exhaust pipe (gently) to (gently) pressurize the exhaust system. Listen closely under the hood, maybe paying attention to where the cabin air filter intake is.
Have you pulled the pans under the car to see if there's anything obviously wrong (leaks, soot streaks, etc.)?
Have you pulled the pans under the car to see if there's anything obviously wrong (leaks, soot streaks, etc.)?
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Does your trunk leak during rainstorms? Is it possible that exhaust fumes are being pulled into the cabin from a bad trunk lid seal?
If you run your hand along the top of the exhaust pipe from the front of the car to the back is there anywhere that soot appears, especially under the cabin?
Hopefully someone else will chime in with other ideas.
If you run your hand along the top of the exhaust pipe from the front of the car to the back is there anywhere that soot appears, especially under the cabin?
Hopefully someone else will chime in with other ideas.
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I have had the flex pipe crack and leak exhaust under the hood on a w211 bluetec. This is the first section of the exhaust bolted directly to the back of the turbo. Get a good light and look for soot on the silver heat shield on the firewall, on the flexible accordian sections of the pipe, and the underside of the hood.Replacement is not difficult if this is the culprit.
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My car smelled like diesel and it turned out to be marginal hose clamps at the fuel filter. I ended up replacing all the hoses and clamps to the fuel filter. All is well now and the stink is gone.
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Sound like a similar issue I had. In my case, the lid in the engine bay that houses the cabin filter was not fastened correctly. I had just got the car so I figured the smell was normal. After a car wash, I popped the hood to give the engine bay a routine wipe down and I noticed the lid wasn't properly latched down. I removed it to figure out how to properly latch it down. The smell hasn't came back since.
