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Old 03-30-08, 08:02 PM
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What's that smell?

Took my car out of storage, and drove it for a little bit today, and I noticed my car smelled like someone was using a glue gun in it or something, what could this be?
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Burning things in the exhaust/engine?


Or maybe that is the way your RX smells. Our cars have a unique smell to them.
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Just let it air out for a bit, Alex. If that doesn't work, a vanillorama air freshener really goes together well with the rotary smell. Haha.
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Originally Posted by AverageJoe
Just let it air out for a bit, Alex. If that doesn't work, a vanillorama air freshener really goes together well with the rotary smell. Haha.

Normally it smells more like a skidoo than anything else, and that's not a problem. It's just that it's a new smell. Anyways, I'm going to chalk it up as to not being ran for a while. My gf hates the rotary smell though

Joe, we should go for a rip one of these days, I finally moved in to the city, and I've been tearing the ol' FB around. Man I've missed her
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well if it was in storage maybe something decided to make a home in your car and you killed it? idk hard to say honestly.
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Originally Posted by a.y.b.
Normally it smells more like a skidoo than anything else, and that's not a problem. It's just that it's a new smell. Anyways, I'm going to chalk it up as to not being ran for a while. My gf hates the rotary smell though

Joe, we should go for a rip one of these days, I finally moved in to the city, and I've been tearing the ol' FB around. Man I've missed her
I've been ripping my 7 around the block a few times. Lol. Still need to install the fuel regulator and get some registration for her. I love driving on pizza cutter tires, tho. Lmao.
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Update: Took it out for a quick spin and a wash, noticed a rattling sound coming from the rear passenger side tire, smell is still there, and noticed the center cap for my rim is missing, the rattle happens during low speeds. Any ideas? I think something might be rubbing, I'm going to take the tire off tomorrow if it's nice and take a look.
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