exhaust smells bad. is this normal??
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exhaust smells bad. is this normal??
hi everyone.
i got mine rx8 about hlaf year now, and for some reason, the exhaust smells bad every time i drove her. i took her back to car dealer, and the technician said she was normal cause the rotary engine burns oil. so does all of your guys rx8 has this smelly exhaust, too?
im confused. a couple of my friends who knows more about cars than me just keep telling me that the smell is not normal ask me to take her back to the dealer. well, if you guys think this is not normal neighter, what should i tell the technician about the problem? he wont look at the problem by just telling him the exhaust smell bad.
so, help help plz.
i got mine rx8 about hlaf year now, and for some reason, the exhaust smells bad every time i drove her. i took her back to car dealer, and the technician said she was normal cause the rotary engine burns oil. so does all of your guys rx8 has this smelly exhaust, too?
im confused. a couple of my friends who knows more about cars than me just keep telling me that the smell is not normal ask me to take her back to the dealer. well, if you guys think this is not normal neighter, what should i tell the technician about the problem? he wont look at the problem by just telling him the exhaust smell bad.
so, help help plz.
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I wouldn't say mine smells BAD.. I've spent some time tweaking speaker setups in the trunk with the car running and never had the thought "damn that exaust smells bad".. Maybe you should take it to a regular mechanic and ask them (they won't try to bullshit you to get you to leave they want your money)
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I too get an odd smell when I pull into the garage after my drive home. It's definitely the exhaust, and it DOES smell like a little bit of burning oil.
Nothing to worry about IMO.
Ed
Nothing to worry about IMO.
Ed
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if your talking like a skunk smell i get the same thing in the witnter since i dont drive it i warm it up 10-15 min everyday and from just sitting their it will start smelling most likely gas build build up when i do get a chance to drive it i drive it for maybe 20 min and red line it atleast once go home and smells gone
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I debate on the daily whether or not to keep this car. In the meantime if someone wants to give me what I think its worth, I'd sell mine. People want to low ball me though for a steal. F that. I'll just hang on to it, maintain it, and invest for reliability until someone comes along that appreciates it. All that and hope for the best.
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Since owning it, I have used over a litre of oil in a month and my fuel bill has doubled. If you can afford to run this car you could probably wouldn’t own it. Unless you love to zoom zoom
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Mine smells bad because of 4 stroke oil being blasted in the combustion chamber, my half quart of premix per tank, and the fact I removed the cat pipe and bashed it out, and put it back. A LOT of vapor until you start driving it, then it's gone. Particularly when it's cold. I wouldn't worry. Generally if there's something wrong that you can notice through the exhaust, it will be in the color of the exhaust, not the smell.
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