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Old Jul 29, 2002 | 04:47 AM
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Is smell coming out from engine of rx7s normal?
at high speed, the smell is reaching the inside of the vehicle too
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Old Jul 29, 2002 | 06:02 AM
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What exactly are you smelling...
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Old Jul 30, 2002 | 11:24 PM
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arent the engine supposed not giving out any smell? I smell some kind of heating up irons smell or maybe exhaust smell
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Old Jul 30, 2002 | 11:29 PM
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Could be lots of things. Do you notice a change in power, or how it runs at all?
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Old Jul 30, 2002 | 11:38 PM
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exhaust smell is not too bad.
If you smell fuel then it's bad
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Old Jul 31, 2002 | 07:19 PM
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I think I'll bring it up to Mazda shop, it's close to 60k mileage on original engine anyway
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Old Jul 31, 2002 | 07:24 PM
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as far as im concerned its just that rotary smell, it smells good, personally i would be worried if i didnt smell it...
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Old Jul 31, 2002 | 08:41 PM
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hmm really?
send me the smell via DCC:P
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