Recently in the last week or so, whenever i first start up the car i get this petrol smell from the exhaust. It goes away after i drive a few metres, it only happens like i said when i first start the car in the morning. If i drive it to say the shopping centre for a few hours, come back to the car...drive off again...it doesn't smell when i start the car up. Anyone know why it would have a petrol or oil smell?
Smell Of Petrol
Started by emax, May 03 2005 01:20 PM
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Posted 03 May 2005 - 01:20 PM
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Posted 03 May 2005 - 01:25 PM
Sounds pretty normal to me... Cars usually smell because the engine isn't hot yet and isn't operating at its max efficiency during the minutes after start-up.
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Posted 03 May 2005 - 01:56 PM
could be that or you might have a leaky injector...check the o-rings on the injectors.
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Posted 04 May 2005 - 03:32 AM
Thanks for the help guys. I'll get someone to check my injectors. 
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Posted 04 May 2005 - 06:30 AM
i thought our cars ran rich when warming up. 
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Posted 04 May 2005 - 02:28 PM
QUOTE(felix88 @ May 4 2005, 02:30 PM)
i thought our cars ran rich when warming up.
What do mean running rich when warming up?
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Posted 04 May 2005 - 03:45 PM
they inject more fuel into the cylinders than they need. so, not all of the fuel burns and you get some in your exaust.
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