Quick question. Recently, as in the past 4 days, I have been smelling my exhaust fumes while sitting idle in the car. Nothing else really seems out of place. Normal power, it's not louder then normal, can't even seem to pinpoint an exhaust leak anywhere either. Odd thing is I haven't changed anything on the car in close to a month.

It still idles around 800rpm and jumps around 14-16 hg of vacuum so I dunno if it's a leak somewhere. I still get my backfire once in a while, and minor backfire/popping noise at idle so it all seems ok to me.

Could something be leaking near the turbo to cause this? I can still pull 12-13 PSI no problems. It's kind of annoying cause even just after a casual drive now I smell like fumes and my eyes hurt.

Any advice where to check for a leak? Mods are in my sig. Thanks

Bryan

 

no one has any ideas?

 

Hmmm, and I just thought with a midpipe you would smell like exhaust all the time...

Are you sure it's an "exhaust smell" and maybe not some gas fumes? The charcol cannister could need to be replaced if so....

 

Check the gasket between the DP and MP.

If they are torn out or the bolts are loose, you can smell fuel inside the car, hell you'll even see smoke inside the cockpit.