Yes, my problem is dragging for about 2 years now, and I am really, really fed up with it.
As in title: when stopping on lights, junctions etc, can smell choking fumes of burning oil/plastic getting inside cabin through ventilation fan. These are not exhaust fumes. I have spoken to service several times and had a turbo element replaced, as they diagnosed oil leak into intercooler. It didn't work in the end. Smell was still there. Then have bought a carbon pollen filter to minimize the smell to 'acceptable' level.
Then I had exhaust flexi pipe replaced as a crack appeared on it and was giving a rattling noise when accelerating. They though it could have been a root of the 'smelly' problem. Again they were wrong.
Now, during 40000 miles service, they replaced all filters, to include cabin filter where used just standard, pollen one. And here disaster. Smell that when wearing carbon filter was acceptable, now made me to stop 6 times during trip Bournemouth - London, because I was almost choking inside of my own car..
What can it be?
When open the engine cover, the smell is strongest between back of battery and engine, somewhere near egr valve, then ventilation fan is dragging it into the interior. I forgot to add it appears only on warm engine, never after start. Also warranty runs out march 2011 so need to sort it out before then....
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