Just a thought, have you ever had the cam seals replaced on the V6 ? The oil leaks out, runs down the length of the engine and drips on the exhaust manifold at the rear, you only get to smell it when the vehicle is stationery (at lights junctions parking etc.) and the breeze wafts the smell into ...

Thanks so much all for your help. I'm going to give the air con bomb a go. Looks like I was probably imagining the smells were exhaust and getting worried about it with the kids sitting in the back and all. It's probably the air Conn gone niffy. I'll give it a whirl and report back.

thanks for the replies. I've just been out looking at it and that was going to be my next question, does it just recirculate the internal air. I cleaned the mesh for the front blower and that's nice and fresh now. The rear one i left on full blast for ages and it seems a bit better. My AC has always ...

Hi, the rear fan stinks of exhaust/oil/ engine smell when its on, i can slightly smell it on the front blower but its got so bad in the rear of the van we have stopped using it. Has anyone got any ideas what might be the problem? Thanks in advance.