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Old 01-05-2003, 10:39 AM
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Like something burnt coming from under the car. A few times has smelled like rotten eggs, cats.
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I heard the rotten eggs smell is from the cats... that's what I heard if true I don't know
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I smell rotten eggs alot too .... but it's always because I just farted <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />
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Ha, Ha ,Ha. The burnt smell only happens when I drive the car for a long time then when I shut if off it stinks for a few seconds. Only 3 times has there been a rotten egg smell, but the burnt smell is always there. Sometimes when I drive the car hard a few times it will smell very burnt.
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either no cats, or some plastic is stuck under there.
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No, I have the factory cats. Car only has 2500 miles.
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Mine's pretty much always been that way. Moreso with the open cutout. Even with it closed, if I shut it off and walk around back quickly I can smell it. I call it car farts.

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Mine smells burnt too, I think it's normal.
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I usually just smell burnt rubber.. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Razz]" src="gr_images/icons/tongue.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[driving]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_driving3.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[burn out]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_burnout.gif" />
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You might want to check around for signs of oil leaks. My beater car smells like it's on fire after I get done driving it because of a few minor leaks.
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I never got the new car smell in my car because of that smell. That was because a week after i got it I drove over a plastic bag <img border="0" alt="[bang head]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_banghead.gif" /> and it got stuck under there and burnt for weeks... <img border="0" alt="[bomb]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_bomb.gif" />

If not, then it's probably just the smell you get when you drive it hard.
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I had the same smell when my car was new .. I have no idea what it was <img border="0" title="" alt="[Frown]" src="gr_sad.gif" />
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Smells like teen spirit...
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by BigBlackZ28:
<strong> I never got the new car smell in my car because of that smell. That was because a week after i got it I drove over a plastic bag <img border="0" alt="[bang head]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_banghead.gif" /> and it got stuck under there and burnt for weeks... <img border="0" alt="[bomb]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_bomb.gif" />

</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Plastic bags are a biotch! I had one get sucked under my car on the highway a few months ago, and it melted to the y-pipe in 1 big glob of goo. That sucker smelled for weeks! <img border="0" alt="[shoot]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_guns.gif" />
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Default Re: does you LS1 smell when you turn if off?

I noticed that smell on different kinds of cars, but it's very minor. Harly noticeable, and I've never smelled it from an ls1, except for a clutch smell.




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