Very toxic smell in cold/warm starts...
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Very toxic smell in cold/warm starts...
Guys,
Yes I have done a search and only found one thread with the aweful smell but this was on a fairly new car ~2K miles.
My car has ~ 45K miles and the smell, especially when started in the morning(also when warm but less), is just waaaay toxic. I know the RX8 runs rich... but this is I believe beyond this.!!! I can even stay inside my garage for 10 seconds that the whole garage gets "fumigated" by this smell coming out of the exhaust. It's more of a chemical smell mixed with gasoline.
Of course my car is not even getting 17 MPG and I am on the latest flash... and drive it "easy" always staying below the 3750 RPM on the HWY.
Anybody else has experienced this?
I can't even leave teh windows down that the air will become so toxic!
TIA,
Carlos
Yes I have done a search and only found one thread with the aweful smell but this was on a fairly new car ~2K miles.
My car has ~ 45K miles and the smell, especially when started in the morning(also when warm but less), is just waaaay toxic. I know the RX8 runs rich... but this is I believe beyond this.!!! I can even stay inside my garage for 10 seconds that the whole garage gets "fumigated" by this smell coming out of the exhaust. It's more of a chemical smell mixed with gasoline.
Of course my car is not even getting 17 MPG and I am on the latest flash... and drive it "easy" always staying below the 3750 RPM on the HWY.
Anybody else has experienced this?
I can't even leave teh windows down that the air will become so toxic!
TIA,
Carlos
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not sure. have you tried a different brand of gas or tried gas from a different station to see if that affects the exhaust odor? also, have you looked to see if you have a plastic back melted to your exhaust?
#5
All the recalls have been performed, even the gas tank recall.
It's not a burning smell... it's the car running waaaaaaaay rich that makes this aweful smell.
Of course, waaay RICH = burned cat.
This car hasn't been what I expected!!
Carlos
It's not a burning smell... it's the car running waaaaaaaay rich that makes this aweful smell.
Of course, waaay RICH = burned cat.
This car hasn't been what I expected!!
Carlos
Last edited by Pololo_RX8; 11-28-2005 at 04:51 PM.
#7
There are issues with the first 8's and the cat's. What happens is that the car runs too rich on start up. Then, it fouls the cat and ruins it. However, it doesn't ruin it so bad (at first) that it doesn't fall within sensor range. Rather it plugs it up. The fix is to replace the cat and reflash the ECU so that it doesn't do it again. Strangely, though, most people get an engine light eventually indicating bad cat. Either way, with 5k left on your warranty I'd have it checked out, push the issue and definitely get a compression check.
#8
Smell problem relates to differential fluid
I just had my 30k sevice at the dealership. They changed the oil in the limited slip differential and it has an awful smell. After 3 visits they rplaced the oil with a lesser smelly oil BUT I still can't ride with the windows down or the car fills with a toxic smell.
It's winter now so window down driving isn't an issue.
Has anyone out there got a solution to this one?
It's winter now so window down driving isn't an issue.
Has anyone out there got a solution to this one?
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Originally Posted by gearman
I just had my 30k sevice at the dealership. They changed the oil in the limited slip differential and it has an awful smell. After 3 visits they rplaced the oil with a lesser smelly oil BUT I still can't ride with the windows down or the car fills with a toxic smell.
It's winter now so window down driving isn't an issue.
Has anyone out there got a solution to this one?
It's winter now so window down driving isn't an issue.
Has anyone out there got a solution to this one?
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