My Exhaust Smells Bad!

[Spartan]

Hey guys, i have never experienced this before, but i can realy smell my exhaust man, especialy when i have somene sitting in the passenger side and there window is down the whole car fills with it? I have never had this prob with other cars, i have a 3 inch from the cat back and rest is 2 and a 1/4 to the head. Is the muffler causing this or my cat? Its realy annoying and kinda puts me off having anyone i the car with me, it only creaps in from the passenger side...wierd.

Oh and how the hell can i fit in my new Boston 6's in the rears? My mate told me to lift my rear seats but i cant, im scarde il F2ck it up.I attempted and it wont budge.

Any help will be appreciated guys cheers.

[SECURITY]

you've got an exhaust leak mate. you're probably running rich too so it wont help with the fumes coming into the cabin. take it to where you got the exhaust done and they'll get it onto a hoist and check out where its coming from and seal it.

if you did it yourself then get your car up on some ramps, get a mate to turn the car on then check where the leak is coming from underneath. be careful not to breath in the fumes.

as for the speakers, get some spacers made up and a really short screw driver.

[Cubes]

Have you got a cat?

[someonestolecc]

If you get a rag and hold it against the tailpipe you should be able to hear and feel the pressure. If you hear it leaking somewhere else then exhaust leak.

I'd also check the exhaust manifold for a failing gasket.

Finally, your cat could berooted or non existent and or you're picking up all the nice sulfides/sulfates(?) in the petrol (eggy smell?).

[Spartan]

hey guys, thanks for the quick responses, i forgot to mention i had already replaced the pipe that connects to the muffler as they recomended re wedling is not a fix, it could reopen down the track, so i though i had cured the stench, it seemed to have restricted it abit because the smell wasnt that bad. I think it might be the cat, when you mean "gone" do you mean that the mesh is completely melted or warped as i have seen before in another car?

No eggy smell just a powerful exhaust smell, i never pick it up when im driving but when my mate had a spin in it i felt it realy bad from the passenger side, perhaps they didnt pick another leak near the cat? I guess il find out when i take it for check up.

I took it to Hi-Tech, i thought they wouldnt overlook this sort of things.

As for my seats il try to rench it with the screwdriver as recommended, does it pop up i dont wanna break anything, this car is mint condition in interior.Its bottom seat then the back right?

[Cubes]

I've only ever smelt the eggy smell from cars with new cats.. Or new cars when they boot it in front. Usually Mitsubishi's for some reason.

No cat... No eggy smell just a strong exhaust smell that is very noticable. I have a few mates with no cat and driving behind them I can smell they have no cat. :S

[R34GTFOUR]

hey guys, thanks for the quick responses, i forgot to mention i had already replaced the pipe that connects to the muffler as they recomended re wedling is not a fix, it could reopen down the track, so i though i had cured the stench, it seemed to have restricted it abit because the smell wasnt that bad. I think it might be the cat, when you mean "gone" do you mean that the mesh is completely melted or warped as i have seen before in another car?

No eggy smell just a powerful exhaust smell, i never pick it up when im driving but when my mate had a spin in it i felt it realy bad from the passenger side, perhaps they didnt pick another leak near the cat? I guess il find out when i take it for check up.

I took it to Hi-Tech, i thought they wouldnt overlook this sort of things.

As for my seats il try to rench it with the screwdriver as recommended, does it pop up i dont wanna break anything, this car is mint condition in interior.Its bottom seat then the back right?

For the exhaust side of things its defenately got a leak somewhere and like someonestolecc said, get someone to stuff a rag in the tip of the exhaust and let the car idle and you should hear where the leak is coming from.

To get to the rear pastral (spl?) shelf to take out the stock speakers you do the following steps:

1. The bottom of the seat is held down by two 12mm bolts, one either side, undo them and then lift the front of the seat up and it will slide out.

2. Once that is removed you will see that the remaining back of the seat is held in by two bolts near the bottom. Undo those then you will need to left the seat directly upsince it is held on a hook and it will left off.

3. The pastral shelf is just held in by clips, so undo the front ones that are visable and the others arent visable but when you left up they just come undone. If you have child restraint anchors on the back shelf you will need to undo those before you can take the shelf off.

*note, if the car looks like it has never been apart before (which is very rare anyway), things are going to be slightly harder to take off because all the clips and stuff will be tighter, but just ease it off and nothing will break.

Edited April 21, 2007 by R34GTFOUR

[R31Nismoid]

If you can smell exhaust fumes, you have a leak.

It cant be anything else

[Spartan]

For the exhaust side of things its defenately got a leak somewhere and like someonestolecc said, get someone to stuff a rag in the tip of the exhaust and let the car idle and you should hear where the leak is coming from.

To get to the rear pastral (spl?) shelf to take out the stock speakers you do the following steps:

1. The bottom of the seat is held down by two 12mm bolts, one either side, undo them and then lift the front of the seat up and it will slide out.

2. Once that is removed you will see that the remaining back of the seat is held in by two bolts near the bottom. Undo those then you will need to left the seat directly upsince it is held on a hook and it will left off.

3. The pastral shelf is just held in by clips, so undo the front ones that are visable and the others arent visable but when you left up they just come undone. If you have child restraint anchors on the back shelf you will need to undo those before you can take the shelf off.

*note, if the car looks like it has never been apart before (which is very rare anyway), things are going to be slightly harder to take off because all the clips and stuff will be tighter, but just ease it off and nothing will break.

Thanks for that dude, will do. an yea, its actualy so clean the speakers in the rear, if you check em from the boot they are original, the cones have turned to dust!My mechanics couldnt believe how original the car is motor wise.Thanks again everyone.