Smell??

by **Akfahad** » Wed Sep 03, 2003 6:34 am

Just wondering if anybody else has had an experience with this. Every time i floor the gas and go thru the gears, i get a kind of carbon smell in the cabin. But it only does it when i jam on the gas. Is this normal or is there something messed up in the engine?

by **Jackass-Jeff** » Wed Sep 03, 2003 7:27 am

I get that smell once in a while too... so I would think it's normal =x but I don't floor it that often

by **Akfahad** » Wed Sep 03, 2003 8:43 am

yeah, i don't floor it that often either, but it's still annoying

by **Anthony** » Wed Sep 03, 2003 4:52 pm

I get that smell too. It's really odd, because it doesn't seem to be coming in through the windows. I think it comes in through the air vents. I'm not sure how that smell (which I think is exhaust fumes) makes it in there.

Anyone know the cause??

Anthony
2002 SLE V6

by **Hsakuragi** » Wed Sep 03, 2003 8:57 pm

my car now has 18k on it and everytime I turn on the air (not a/c), and it smells like pee!!....

by **Akfahad** » Thu Sep 04, 2003 5:20 am

yeah, i usually have the windows up when I'm getting on the highway and i still get that smell. It definitely comes in through the vents. I hope someone out there has some kind of insight to this

by **mailskobe** » Thu Sep 04, 2003 11:29 am

do you have a stick?
also do you get this smell only when you go thru the gears from a standstill? or you get this smell when you cruising?
if you get the smell when you are starting from a dead stop and going thru the gears (Assuming you have a stick) then the smell could be the clutch.

clutch smell is DISTINCT and once you smell your clutch you cant forget that smell (anyone had that experience before???

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i was climbing up sunset thru la ceinega here in LA and that road is like 45 degrees to horizontal and i had my car in second gear by mistake..

by **Hsakuragi** » Thu Sep 04, 2003 12:27 pm

me auto

by **Akfahad** » Fri Sep 05, 2003 11:14 am

Yea your right, i do have a stick. But i'll get that smell either when i'm from a dead stop or cruising in 2nd or 3rd and i gun it, i'll still get it. I don't think it's my clutch, it still engages fine both at normal driving and when i'm having fun :lol:

by **Anthony** » Fri Sep 05, 2003 4:42 pm

mailskobe wrote:do you have a stick?
also do you get this smell only when you go thru the gears from a standstill? or you get this smell when you cruising?
if you get the smell when you are starting from a dead stop and going thru the gears (Assuming you have a stick) then the smell could be the clutch.

clutch smell is DISTINCT and once you smell your clutch you cant forget that smell (anyone had that experience before??? )
i was climbing up sunset thru la ceinega here in LA and that road is like 45 degrees to horizontal and i had my car in second gear by mistake..

I have an automatic transmission and the smell usually occurs when I'm already moving (i.e. not from a dead stop). If I floor it, pushing the RPMs really high, I get the smell.

Anthony
2002 SLE V6

Website · by **kondo** » Fri Sep 05, 2003 4:58 pm

I get it when I go really fast in my car but I thought it was to bov for the sc, mine is auto btw.

by **mailskobe** » Fri Sep 05, 2003 5:14 pm

well i dont really know too much about automatic transmissions.
but as i said, the clutch smell is really really distinct.. its like something you have never smelled before.

why not go to a mechanic and ask them to smell it? i am sure they wont charge anything..

by **SunGod916** » Fri Sep 05, 2003 6:10 pm

Yeah, the pee smell from your air conditioning is probably just the actual moisture the air conditioner produces because of condensation.
Although mine doesn't smell like pee, more like a light mold.

by **boneezy** » Fri Sep 05, 2003 7:10 pm

kondo wrote:I get it when I go really fast in my car but I thought it was to bov for the sc, mine is auto btw.

bov for your sc?

and about that pee smell, i finally cracked open the wallet and let the boys over at the $tealer run the air conditioner purifier(?) thing, man my air condition smells da bomb.... its as if im driving a new car again... i think the $176 that I had to fork over was pretty steep but well worth it.. i just couldn't stand that mold/pee-pee smell nemore......

by **Hsakuragi** » Fri Sep 05, 2003 9:11 pm

warranty may cover that?

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