2nd Generation Specific (1986-1992) 1986-1992 Discussion including performance modifications and technical support sections.

Anyone notice that FC "smell"?

Old Jan 22, 2004 | 07:01 PM
  #1  
Dan H's Avatar
Thread Starter
Zoom Zoom Boom!
Tenured Member 15 Years
 
Joined: Mar 2003
Posts: 2,312
Likes: 0
From: San Francisco, CA
Anyone notice that FC "smell"?

Just curious guys. My first '88 SE had a distinctive "smell" to it in the interior. It wasn't a horrible odor or anything, it was pleasant. The TII I had before didn't have that smell though since it always smelled like gas. Now my current 10th AE has the same smell of my '88 SE.

I noticed that two other of my friends with FC's have the same exact interior smell. Just wondering if anyone noticed this for those that have owned multiple RX7's.
Reply
Old Jan 22, 2004 | 07:06 PM
  #2  
elfking's Avatar
Rotary Enthusiast
Tenured Member: 20 Years
 
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 782
Likes: 3
From: Sonoma, CA
I have noticed a similar smell between my 88 and my friends 87... I know what you mean, its not all in your head... or not ONLY yours anways.
Reply
Old Jan 22, 2004 | 07:15 PM
  #3  
SluG07's Avatar
Newbie
 
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 2
Likes: 0
From: miami,fl
it might be your shifter boot bad, awful smell of gear oil
Reply
Old Jan 22, 2004 | 07:17 PM
  #4  
elfking's Avatar
Rotary Enthusiast
Tenured Member: 20 Years
 
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 782
Likes: 3
From: Sonoma, CA
SluG07 does have a very valid point, mine is completely ripped and needing replacement... (that replacement will hopefully be here soon)... and my friends I think was going out as well... I know his bushings were gone...
Reply
Old Jan 22, 2004 | 07:17 PM
  #5  
Bauer778's Avatar
Senior Member
Tenured Member 15 Years
iTrader: (2)
 
Joined: Mar 2003
Posts: 283
Likes: 0
From: CT
mine smells like exhaust cause i have a leak right under the shifter boot
Reply
Old Jan 22, 2004 | 07:19 PM
  #6  
kmags's Avatar
Senior Member
Tenured Member 05 Years
 
Joined: Nov 2003
Posts: 320
Likes: 0
From: Sarasota, Florida
I've had two now...a 86 se and a 90 vert and they both smell the same. I like it.
Reply
Old Jan 22, 2004 | 07:23 PM
  #7  
SluG07's Avatar
Newbie
 
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 2
Likes: 0
From: miami,fl
heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey i'm not slug07 i'm 88rotary what the F@ck is going on???????????????
Reply
Old Jan 22, 2004 | 07:24 PM
  #8  
Elysian's Avatar
Bimmer *****
Tenured Member 10 Years
 
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 2,199
Likes: 1
From: Plano, TX
u mean that one smell of burning clutch?
lol
Reply
Old Jan 22, 2004 | 07:31 PM
  #9  
elfking's Avatar
Rotary Enthusiast
Tenured Member: 20 Years
 
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 782
Likes: 3
From: Sonoma, CA
Originally posted by SluG07
heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey i'm not slug07 i'm 88rotary what the F@ck is going on???????????????
Your not the first today to be who you are not

*NOTE: This will also remove other cookies on the computer, such as any automatic login process for other Forums, hotmail, yahoo. You WILL have to re-enter that information again and save the password if you wish to do so. *

To fix this:

1. Go to http://www.google.com/
2. Go to the top of the browser window and select "Tools" .. Then in that menu find "Internet Options"
3. On the menu that comes up, find "Delete Cookies" (Its a button) and press it.
4. Come back to www.rx7club.com and you will have to re-login however it will have errased the knowledge of knowing WHO you are... so you can be who you want to be... and not mr.slug07.


Another not so simple way is to find your user profile in windows.. if XP then it will be something like C:\Documents and Settings\<Your username>\

Then in this folder there's another folder called "Cookies".
In there you might have Alot of cookies, or you might not, depends on how many sites you go to that use them etc.

In any case IN that "Cookies" folder you can find one or two called something along the lines of your username@www.rx7club.com[1], or anything having to do with www.rx7club.com if you delete those and come back to the site it SHOULD have removed whoever you were logged in as. Unless thats hidden in a different cookie, but I doubt it.

Good luck.

Last edited by elfking; Jan 22, 2004 at 07:37 PM.
Reply
Old Jan 22, 2004 | 07:34 PM
  #10  
Dan H's Avatar
Thread Starter
Zoom Zoom Boom!
Tenured Member 15 Years
 
Joined: Mar 2003
Posts: 2,312
Likes: 0
From: San Francisco, CA
Originally posted by SluG07
it might be your shifter boot bad, awful smell of gear oil
Nah, I know how that smells like and its not that.
Reply
Old Jan 22, 2004 | 07:36 PM
  #11  
Aesop Rock's Avatar
Will Work For Apex Seals
Tenured Member 05 Years
 
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 1,277
Likes: 0
From: Lower NY
Originally posted by SluG07
heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey i'm not slug07 i'm 88rotary what the F@ck is going on???????????????
yo man that just happened to me 15 minutes ago, freaky ain't it.......anyway yea i know what you guys mean
Reply
Old Jan 22, 2004 | 07:37 PM
  #12  
88IntegraLS's Avatar
Displacement > Boost
Tenured Member 10 Years
 
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 3,503
Likes: 0
From: Mississippi
Mine smells like freshly combusted premix.
Reply
Old Jan 22, 2004 | 07:44 PM
  #13  
88ROTARY's Avatar
Senior Member
Tenured Member 05 Years
 
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 363
Likes: 0
From: MONROE LA
Originally posted by elfking
Your not the first today to be who you are not

*NOTE: This will also remove other cookies on the computer, such as any automatic login process for other Forums, hotmail, yahoo. You WILL have to re-enter that information again and save the password if you wish to do so. *

To fix this:

1. Go to http://www.google.com/
2. Go to the top of the browser window and select "Tools" .. Then in that menu find "Internet Options"
3. On the menu that comes up, find "Delete Cookies" (Its a button) and press it.
4. Come back to www.rx7club.com and you will have to re-login however it will have errased the knowledge of knowing WHO you are... so you can be who you want to be... and not mr.slug07.


Another not so simple way is to find your user profile in windows.. if XP then it will be something like C:\Documents and Settings\<Your username>\

Then in this folder there's another folder called "Cookies".
In there you might have Alot of cookies, or you might not, depends on how many sites you go to that use them etc.

In any case IN that "Cookies" folder you can find one or two called something along the lines of your username@www.rx7club.com[1], or anything having to do with www.rx7club.com if you delete those and come back to the site it SHOULD have removed whoever you were logged in as. Unless thats hidden in a different cookie, but I doubt it.

Good luck.
thanks alot this is a much better
Reply
Old Jan 22, 2004 | 07:47 PM
  #14  
silverrotor's Avatar
Moderator
Tenured Member: 20 Years
iTrader: (1)
 
Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 7,592
Likes: 5
From: Toronto, Corporate Canada
Yup. I notice the smell when I'm even standing next to my car. Coconut by Pinetree Is how It smells like from day 1 as all my cars do.
Reply
Old Jan 22, 2004 | 07:50 PM
  #15  
Sideways7's Avatar
Lives on the Forum
Tenured Member: 20 Years
Liked
iTrader: (7)
 
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 6,598
Likes: 10
From: Temple, Texas (Central)
Originally posted by SluG07
heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey i'm not slug07 i'm 88rotary what the F@ck is going on???????????????
Yeah, that happened to me twice in the last 3 days.
Reply
Old Jan 22, 2004 | 08:00 PM
  #16  
Sir Rupert Hobo's Avatar
seven-less
Tenured Member 15 Years
 
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 2,082
Likes: 0
From: city of houston.... y0!
yup, i was once 1987RX7guy when we were chating on the forum.

my car smells like fabreeze
Reply
Old Jan 22, 2004 | 08:04 PM
  #17  
Wanked_FC's Avatar
Ihre Papieren, Bitte?
Tenured Member 15 Years
iTrader: (1)
 
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 1,006
Likes: 1
From: Communist IL
I smell like I've been driving a 2cycle boat when I get outta my 7.
Reply
Old Jan 22, 2004 | 08:28 PM
  #18  
DubbayoC's Avatar
Senior Member
Tenured Member 05 Years
 
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 272
Likes: 0
From: S.F.
stop farting in it
Reply
Old Jan 22, 2004 | 08:32 PM
  #19  
Steel's Avatar
I'm your huckleberry..
Tenured Member 10 Years
 
Joined: Jul 2002
Posts: 736
Likes: 0
From: Tucson, AZ
YEah, my car has that smell too... and it never goes away. Even the oh so powerful smell of sex cannot drive out the smell of 7. I think it's the vinyl/plastic/leather combo that makes it smell so... old.
Reply
Old Jan 22, 2004 | 08:34 PM
  #20  
Speed_Machine's Avatar
Full Member
Tenured Member 05 Years
 
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 119
Likes: 0
From: wasilla, alaska
mine always smells like armour all. I shine the interior of all my cars every weekend.
Reply
Old Jan 22, 2004 | 08:37 PM
  #21  
Chimeron's Avatar
Senior Member
Tenured Member 05 Years
 
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 496
Likes: 0
From: Greenville, SC
It's odd, but it smells like a small airplane. It's just the way rotaries smell. When I saw my girlfriend the other day she ran up to me and gave me a big hug and all she could think to say was "You smell sooo good, just like your car." She hated the way it smelled 2 years ago, now she loves it. And it smells just like her dads Cessna.
Reply
Old Jan 22, 2004 | 08:42 PM
  #22  
skunks's Avatar
I'm a CF and poop smith
Tenured Member 10 Years
 
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 3,957
Likes: 1
From: Hawaii
my fc is gonna have a stinky smell initially as it leaks water and is old but it should go away after i wrap the entire interior.
Reply
Old Jan 22, 2004 | 09:19 PM
  #23  
1SxyRXy's Avatar
my fc broke
Tenured Member 20 Years
 
Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 2,231
Likes: 0
From: rohnert park,CA/ bay area
well mine has a smell because its been sitting for months
Reply
Old Jan 22, 2004 | 09:30 PM
  #24  
eViLRotor's Avatar
Brother of the Rotary
Tenured Member: 20 Years
iTrader: (2)
 
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 5,781
Likes: 2
From: Arkham Asylum
Mine smells like fish and tastes like chicken...
Reply
Old Jan 22, 2004 | 09:31 PM
  #25  
DelSlow's Avatar
Hot Dicken's Cider
Tenured Member 10 Years
iTrader: (2)
 
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 1,428
Likes: 0
From: Marion, Ohio
mine smells like premix as well, but i love its intoxicating aroma.
Reply

Thread Tools
Search this Thread

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 04:16 PM.