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Old Apr 3, 2006 | 08:45 AM
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What is this weird smell from my car?
Everytime when I drive my max, and when i go WOT, after that I would have this funky smell coming from my car. Can anyone tell me what that smell is and where is it coming from?
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Old Apr 3, 2006 | 08:48 AM
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I had a smell comming from my car. It smelled like a cross between electrical and plastic burning.
It turned out to be a plastic bag from the highway melted to my cat.
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Old Apr 3, 2006 | 08:50 AM
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You got to be more specific, what does it smell like? It could be a fuel smell or rotten egg smell. More details pleez....
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Old Apr 3, 2006 | 08:51 AM
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could be ur clutch burning up
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Old Apr 3, 2006 | 11:03 AM
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Originally Posted by ancientwiseone
Everytime when I drive my max, and when i go WOT, after that I would have this funky smell coming from my car. Can anyone tell me what that smell is and where is it coming from?
Don't worry about describing it we can just take turns guessing.....
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Old Apr 3, 2006 | 11:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Swazey
could be ur clutch burning up
404: clutch not found

He drives a GLE.
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Old Apr 3, 2006 | 01:11 PM
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404: clutch not found

He drives a GLE.
o well, at least i tried
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Old Apr 3, 2006 | 01:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Fr33way
404: clutch not found

He drives a GLE.

dang man, cut the guy some slack, he is just trying to help out..


if it smells like rotten eggs , i lean towards a bad cat.
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Old Apr 3, 2006 | 01:32 PM
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Could be a number of things leaking oil, trans fliud, coolant, that is burning up. Or could be a clogged cat....the list goes on...WOT could just be an old engine burning oil, is there any smoke out the exhaust?
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Old Apr 3, 2006 | 02:34 PM
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nope no smoke from exhaust, it wouldn't smell like a rotten egg, smells more like fuel burning.
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Old Apr 3, 2006 | 04:02 PM
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Originally Posted by kenscivic
dang man, cut the guy some slack, he is just trying to help out..
Alright. I just noticed it was a GLE and decided to both make an internet related joke and eliminate one of the possibilities at the same time.
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Old Apr 3, 2006 | 04:03 PM
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Originally Posted by ancientwiseone
nope no smoke from exhaust, it wouldn't smell like a rotten egg, smells more like fuel burning.
Do you know if you have any exhaust leaks?
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Old Apr 3, 2006 | 08:15 PM
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It's prob'ly the passenger needing a change of trousers... going WOT across the intersection... funky, yeah that pretty much describes it...
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Old Apr 4, 2006 | 10:39 AM
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I had the same problem on my 99 SE. It was a rotten egg smell. I installed a hi-flow cat and the problem went away, but I also live in Virginia where there are no emissions test.
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Old Apr 4, 2006 | 10:22 PM
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rotten egg smell might be coming from your battery!! Check that out!
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Old Apr 4, 2006 | 10:33 PM
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100% it's the cat if he smells it when he floors it.
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Old Apr 5, 2006 | 06:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Fr33way
Alright. I just noticed it was a GLE and decided to both make an internet related joke and eliminate one of the possibilities at the same time.

i concurr.....
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Old Apr 5, 2006 | 06:45 AM
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i also had the same problem...only at WOT too...it has to be a bad cat...
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Old Apr 5, 2006 | 09:35 AM
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get rid of the cat and get a dog...
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