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Old 04-17-07, 01:07 PM
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Slight oil smell, very rare though

Allrigth, if i accelerate hard every now and then i will get a wiff of oil. Its not every time i get on it, and its only a wiff, i dont smell it for a period of time or anything, its just there then gone. Does anyone have any ideas...

12k miles on rebuilt motor with streetport
a little over 1k miles on new OEM turbos.
down pipe, high flow cat, catback
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My car always stinks of oil and gas......Oil is injected into the combustion chamber so burning oil smell is normal
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It is most definetly NOT normal.

It is likely you have a oil leak that is getting on something hot. Investagate and repair any oil leaks, especially around the right side of the engine.


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