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Old May 19, 2011 | 05:06 PM
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rotten egg smell? Does it smell sweet? Make sure there's no mouse or some kind of dead animal under the hood =P.

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Old May 19, 2011 | 07:23 PM
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possibly a clogged cat? i remember a FD that came in having similar problems, it was a nasty smell that we could not figure out. but after taking the cat out we realized it was clogged and burning up.
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Old May 22, 2011 | 05:02 PM
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Is your downpipe heat-wrapped? I started getting a weird smell in one of my FDs after the heat wrap. It went away eventually.
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Old May 22, 2011 | 05:12 PM
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probably cooking the rat nest on the manifold area.
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Old May 22, 2011 | 05:26 PM
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Make sure you're not burning a hose or anything around that turbo area. Even though you don't see "smoke", doesn't mean nothing is wrong. If it smells weird that's not normal. Go check it out.

That being said where do you have your vents set at? Towards your feet? Maybe you're smelling your feet as the vents are blowing the air to it, then rising up to your face lol. Idk
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Old May 22, 2011 | 08:40 PM
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Originally Posted by 1QWIK7
Maybe you're smelling your feet as the vents are blowing the air to it, then rising up to your face lol. Idk
Thats just freaking funny Hahahahah
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