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Old Feb 18, 2005 | 02:37 PM
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Nasty Smell on Crank up

I have a 95 maxima and when I first crank it up The exhuast smells like crap. My dad says that its unburned fuel. Anyone have any idea what it is and how to get rid of it???
Old Feb 18, 2005 | 02:44 PM
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Exhaust leak, if you can actually smell the fuel.
Old Feb 18, 2005 | 02:50 PM
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It doesnt smell like gas i cant really describe what it smells like , It just smells really bad.
Old Feb 18, 2005 | 02:52 PM
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theres smoke coming out of the muffler that smells and it goes away once i start to drive it.
Old Feb 18, 2005 | 05:31 PM
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maybe a small animal crawled in and died in your muffler haha
Old Feb 19, 2005 | 06:08 AM
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Your cold engine requires a rich fuel mixture to run correctly. The by-product of combustion is moisture which is seen as light white smoke as the warm moisture rich exhaust gas exits your tail pipe.

Perfectly normal.
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