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Engine Specific Info and Questions => IDI Engine => Topic started by: burn_your_money on November 23, 2006, 09:22:22 am

Title: My car's exhaust smells bad
Post by: burn_your_money on November 23, 2006, 09:22:22 am

Maybe this is normal, I'm not sure but I used to love the smell of my 1.6NA's exhaust. It didn't bother me at all. Now my 1.6TD really smells bad, It kind of smells acidic? It makes my eyes water even. I'm just guessing here but maybe it is a high NOx output?
Is it normal for 1.6TDs to smell bad? I know it's not the fuel, I've refilled 3 times to far and it's always the same

Title: My car's exhaust smells bad
Post by: mk2vr6 on November 23, 2006, 10:17:42 am

I've actually noticed this exact same difference between my TD and my D...  don't know what it is.  It only bugs me though cause the fumes are coming in the car when the windows open since theres a huge crack in the pipe, but other than that, it doesnt bother me.

Title: My car's exhaust smells bad
Post by: addautomotive on November 23, 2006, 10:21:23 am

My cat's breath smells like cat food.



Stinkiest exaust I ever had was when I ran it on fish oil. Yuck!

Title: My car's exhaust smells bad
Post by: Op-Ivy on November 23, 2006, 10:28:48 am

Maybe try filling up somewhere else? It might be the gas station's fuel.

Title: My car's exhaust smells bad
Post by: burn_your_money on November 23, 2006, 10:40:13 am

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It only bugs me though cause the fumes are coming in the car

same thing, my exhaust c-clamps aren't strong enough and when I rev the engine the manifold lifts off the DP. Smells great :roll:

I've tried a few differant gas stations, it's all the same. It's nice to know that it's normal  for my car to stink though

Title: My car's exhaust smells bad
Post by: burn_your_money on November 23, 2006, 10:41:28 am

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My cat's breath smells like cat food.

Stinkiest exaust I ever had was when I ran it on fish oil. Yuck!

You ran your cat on fish oil? He must have loved that

Title: My car's exhaust smells bad
Post by: RabbitJockey on November 23, 2006, 01:58:26 pm

people always say things to me about stinky diesels, but i don't get i think diesels smell like flowers compared to a gasoline cars exhaust. diesels just smell sooty but gas cars smell horrible, i hate getting behind an old van or something that stinks like ass, temps me to pass them and soot them out

Title: My car's exhaust smells bad
Post by: Slave2School on November 23, 2006, 02:33:47 pm

I agree old gassers smell like ass.  At least a bagged diesel can burn off the oil it's using and turn it into forward locomotion.

Title: My car's exhaust smells bad
Post by: bert on November 23, 2006, 02:42:53 pm

Run it on cooking oil like me, smells of chips  :wink:
bert

Title: Timing problems
Post by: Giles@PerformanceDiesel on November 23, 2006, 09:59:27 pm

hi
if your exhaust is smelling acidic then your pump/engine timing
is def wrong.

pls verify your camshaft timing and pump inj timing.

it is imperative that these are set right.

pump timing should be set to .95mm - 1.00mm

hope this helps

Giles

Title: My car's exhaust smells bad
Post by: hillfolk'r on November 25, 2006, 02:04:36 am

put in some of this fuel fragerence
lol
bubble gum smelling diesel soot,i like it
(http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/1760/moc1976944jp5.jpg)

Title: My car's exhaust smells bad
Post by: addautomotive on November 25, 2006, 10:09:00 am

Nachos, sausage & beer last night.

My exhaust stinks today.

Title: My car's exhaust smells bad
Post by: anarchyx34 on November 25, 2006, 10:57:43 am

Quote from: hillfolk'r

put in some of this fuel fragerence
lol
bubble gum smelling diesel soot,i like it
(http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/1760/moc1976944jp5.jpg)

LOL.. Is that serious??