why can i smell chicken (gas) when i drive my rx7?

do i need to add salt?

on a serious note is this just a common fragrence that i am blessed with by owning a rotary?

 

love your seven dude.. nice web site ..whats ya email.. I want DETAILS on ya car... and - where in Oz are ya..Im on the Gold Coast. . .

ahh.. just looked better - found ya email...
nice job !!! (of the car and your site !!)

 

If your tail light assy's seals are bad you will smell chicken. You will also smell it if you drive by KFC, if you all got them down there.

 

What type of dynamic chamber is that?? Never seen it before.

 

seems to be the standard 6-port varity.

 

Um if your heater core is craked you will smell feumes as well

 

it is from the S4 13B, producing 146HP

 

btw, nice skull shift ****! do the eyes light up? i had one on my 87 chevy sprint. i loved it.

 

You have a leak of some sort...I have never heard of Gasoline B.O. from a sweating 7......BTW, dont lite a cigarette, or do they call them "****" down there like they do in London? Imagine asking to "Bum a ***" Or "Stepping out to blow a ***".....HA HA HA HA...THAT WAS FUNNY

 

what is a series 4? do they have those in the US i want one badly, that is what im saving up for?

 

Thanks i'll check the light assy's seals and the heater core.
mazdaverx713b the eyes light up. i bring that to whatever car i buy.
Fuel524 a series 4 is the 4th rx7 mazda made.

and as for the *** remark, no, if you called them that here you would either pick up sydney gays or get bet by bikies.

....my girlfriend says hello

cheers guys

 

 

yes the series 4 was out in america. they were in the 2nd gen rx7's

 

You should have smeled my old GSL-SE.

There was a gap between my 2nd and main cats, right under the passenger compartment.

Lol....

Especially bad when I'd fill up at a gas station using ethanol...

Man that stuff burns!

 

smnc

i think that is the problem i am having, because when i fill up at a petrol station the smell is worse aswell.

how did you fix it? is there are way?

 

Well, crawl under the car and check for any obvious leaks in the exaust system.

In the case of my car, the exhaust was far to rusted out to bother with repairs. That car is actually my parts car now...

But most exhaust repairs are pretty easy. Any good muffler shop should be able to help you out...

 

Man I thought this was gonna be about how to cook chicken on your exh manifold.

 

hehe..... yeah I had the same thoughts. Has anyone ever tried the recipes in "Manifold Destiny : The One! The Only! Guide to Cooking on Your Car Engine!" ?

 

Ha! We tried manifold cooking once with my old Jeep J-10 pick-up at hunting camp..Made 'Yankee Potroast' or something. Triple foil sealed..Sounds weird, but it worked!
Yeah- I've seen that book (or one like it) tells you how long to keep the stuff on the manifold at certain driving speeds etc..It's pretty damn funny!

 

Yes we have KFC here in oz. We arnt that far behind. :P

mmm chicken wings......

 

where can I find the "tail light assy's seals"? and what are they. It can't be the exhaust system because that is all new and I don't think it would be the heater core because its a a series 4 good condishion engine

so i think it may be the tail light assy's seals. does anyone know where they are and what to check for?

thanks

 

If you pull the taillights off the car, you'll have these two foamy-rubbery gaskets that fit between the light assembly and the body of the car. If those have rotted, or if they're not compressing anymore, or if they've cracked, you should replace them with new ones, as fumes can be sucked in at that spot. Another place you might consider is your hatch. The seals on that are also rubber and will degrade over time. I'm getting a large amount of exhaust in my cabin right now due to really bad hatch seals as well as tailight gaskets.

Mazdatrix has the hatch seals here and at least one of the tail light seals here. I'd be willing to bet that with some looking around you could find a better price. For the taillight assemblies, you could probably even fabricate new ones without too much difficulty.