uh-oh strange smell

AaronConklin · 04-20-2006, 08:16 PM

Hmm ok everytime we drive my 1987 RX7 it emits a strange smell, I feel a bit queasy every time. From what I've been told it could be a leak around the manifold or a fuel tank leak, can anyone help me out with this?

Stannyboy · 04-21-2006, 04:44 PM

maybe u have a dead animal in there

AaronConklin · 04-22-2006, 10:23 AM

I was hoping for a more serious answer....

DRIFTER-M · 04-22-2006, 02:41 PM

Is it a gasoline smell or what?

AaronConklin · 04-22-2006, 09:19 PM

kinda, its hard to describe, it doesnt smell like a gas station, it smells like exhaust I guess something around that

CRASHDRIVE · 04-23-2006, 12:12 AM

That smell my friend is called coolant.

Smells like you want to puke while driving right?

Sounds like coolant burning. to where or possible mixing i do not know.

AaronConklin · 04-23-2006, 08:23 AM

anti-freeze and coolant are two different things right, or am I wrong?

hatebbobbarker · 04-23-2006, 01:11 PM

i just figure FCs smell bad, i had to throw up after following my friend through a road once.

AaronConklin · 04-23-2006, 03:11 PM

...yea...I guess, but there has to be a way to fix it (besides replacing the car itself)

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I posted over at rx7club, mabye this will help?

http://www.rx7club.com/showthread.ph...=1#post5569123

GotNismo? · 04-23-2006, 07:47 PM

burnt coolants smells like pancake syrup thats been in the microwave to long, but if you smell a really odd rotten-eggs-esc type smell its gear oil, if someone changed your clutch or trans lately and they either put too much oil, spilled oil, or even worse your trans is leaking that could be it, from personal experience, i know that the drain bolt for those transmissions have a way of coming lose and jusst popping off......... check around your trans, cheack your coolant and try to identify the smell to something your familiar with and it will be easier to pinpoint.

and for the record, i dont get queasy around burnt cooalnt............. maybe its a dumb redneck south thing......

AaronConklin · 04-24-2006, 03:58 PM

lol, ok... I really wish I could like send the smell to you guys X_X

04-20-2006, 08:16 PM	#1
AaronConklin Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Vallejo, California Posts: 246	uh-oh strange smell Hmm ok everytime we drive my 1987 RX7 it emits a strange smell, I feel a bit queasy every time. From what I've been told it could be a leak around the manifold or a fuel tank leak, can anyone help me out with this?

04-23-2006, 03:11 PM	#9
AaronConklin Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Vallejo, California Posts: 246	...yea...I guess, but there has to be a way to fix it (besides replacing the car itself) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I posted over at rx7club, mabye this will help? http://www.rx7club.com/showthread.ph...=1#post5569123 Last edited by AaronConklin; 04-23-2006 at 03:14 PM.

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04-21-2006, 04:44 PM	#2
Stannyboy Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: 818 Area... Posts: 383	maybe u have a dead animal in there

04-22-2006, 10:23 AM	#3
AaronConklin Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Vallejo, California Posts: 246	I was hoping for a more serious answer....

04-22-2006, 02:41 PM	#4
DRIFTER-M -yes, yes I am sideways- Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 896	Is it a gasoline smell or what?

04-22-2006, 09:19 PM	#5
AaronConklin Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Vallejo, California Posts: 246	kinda, its hard to describe, it doesnt smell like a gas station, it smells like exhaust I guess something around that

04-23-2006, 12:12 AM	#6
CRASHDRIVE Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: San Diego Posts: 937	That smell my friend is called coolant. Smells like you want to puke while driving right? Sounds like coolant burning. to where or possible mixing i do not know.

04-23-2006, 08:23 AM	#7
AaronConklin Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Vallejo, California Posts: 246	anti-freeze and coolant are two different things right, or am I wrong?

04-23-2006, 01:11 PM	#8
hatebbobbarker Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Location: Riverside, CA Posts: 693	i just figure FCs smell bad, i had to throw up after following my friend through a road once.

04-23-2006, 07:47 PM	#10
GotNismo? But officer i swear.... Join Date: May 2004 Location: New Orleans Posts: 234	burnt coolants smells like pancake syrup thats been in the microwave to long, but if you smell a really odd rotten-eggs-esc type smell its gear oil, if someone changed your clutch or trans lately and they either put too much oil, spilled oil, or even worse your trans is leaking that could be it, from personal experience, i know that the drain bolt for those transmissions have a way of coming lose and jusst popping off......... check around your trans, cheack your coolant and try to identify the smell to something your familiar with and it will be easier to pinpoint. and for the record, i dont get queasy around burnt cooalnt............. maybe its a dumb redneck south thing......

04-24-2006, 03:58 PM	#11
AaronConklin Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Vallejo, California Posts: 246	lol, ok... I really wish I could like send the smell to you guys X_X