Mainframe_Module
7th February 2007, 09:56 PM
When i first got my yaris last year i noticed if i revved the engine hard,occasionally i would get a wierd smell inside the cabin through the vents, and when i would get outside...around my car would literally smell like rotten eggs or something.
i thought it might have just been my yaris, but when driving the manual yaris im learning manual on, it too has the same smell.
ive asked toyota about it and they dont know what im on about.
But, when i test drove the astra hatch a month or so ago when i was looking at them (they didnt have a coupe to test drive at the time) i noticed it, and then last weekend when i got out of the coupe i could smell the same smell too.
ive never noticed it in my mums magna or any of her previous cars....or anyone elses cars ive been in, so im thinking it might have to do with new emmission standards and something they are trying to do to purify the exhaust or something?...(since i know NOTHING about mechanics this is simply guesswork) ive noticed that in my toyota and on the website for the astra is mentions three way catalytic converter things.....if thats got to do with the exhaust could that be the cause?
or would it be fuel?...ive tried normal unleaded to ulp and now 98 ron bp ultimate and havent noticed much of a difference, i still get that odd smell now and then.
its kind of embaressing....my car farts!, and everytime it does and my family are with me they tease me about my farting car :P
when i test drove i was hoping the dealer didnt smell it and think it was me, lol.
so yes...just wondering if anyone elses has noticed this in their cars - and if they know what the bloody hell it is.
i thought it might have just been my yaris, but when driving the manual yaris im learning manual on, it too has the same smell.
ive asked toyota about it and they dont know what im on about.
But, when i test drove the astra hatch a month or so ago when i was looking at them (they didnt have a coupe to test drive at the time) i noticed it, and then last weekend when i got out of the coupe i could smell the same smell too.
ive never noticed it in my mums magna or any of her previous cars....or anyone elses cars ive been in, so im thinking it might have to do with new emmission standards and something they are trying to do to purify the exhaust or something?...(since i know NOTHING about mechanics this is simply guesswork) ive noticed that in my toyota and on the website for the astra is mentions three way catalytic converter things.....if thats got to do with the exhaust could that be the cause?
or would it be fuel?...ive tried normal unleaded to ulp and now 98 ron bp ultimate and havent noticed much of a difference, i still get that odd smell now and then.
its kind of embaressing....my car farts!, and everytime it does and my family are with me they tease me about my farting car :P
when i test drove i was hoping the dealer didnt smell it and think it was me, lol.
so yes...just wondering if anyone elses has noticed this in their cars - and if they know what the bloody hell it is.