Dont know if this is normal but in the morning when i start the car, if i get out a smell a weard smell like fumes anyone know what i am on about ?
service was done on jan08, since then i have done 10k miles
help ?
thanks !
Dont know if this is normal but in the morning when i start the car, if i get out a smell a weard smell like fumes anyone know what i am on about ?
service was done on jan08, since then i have done 10k miles
help ?
thanks !
Last edited by Vectra-c-SRI; 20th October 2008 at 10:19. Reason: adding info
anyone ?
Could it be diesel fumes blowing under or around the car and entering the vents?
Sometimes smells like parrafin or old gloss paint.
Could it be a dodgy exhaust letting fumes in? My flex pipe was broke and that was letting in horrid fumes, changing it and its right as rain. Just a thought!!
When you say 'get out' do you mean from your car? So the smell is outside the car only?
Is it a sort of sweet sickly, acrid smell? If so it is probably unburnt diesel on first start up. I bet it disappears within a few seconds ? Is there an associated 'white smoke' too?
Sounds like you may have dropped a glow plug.
Mine does exactly the same, was told its just unburnt diesel in the system and theres nothing to worry about. Mines been doing it since I bought it 18 months ago.
I had a similar smell when a plastic carrier bag got stuck to the exhaust and the dealer scraped it off, as it can take up to 8 weeks to burn off completely.
mine used to do the same, so does the wifes` diesel Nissan Note, I just assumed it was unburnt diesel.
Both my diesels do it from cold. Maybe it's the cold catalyst letting more grot through?
Phil
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