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hwyaden
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smelly car

Post by hwyaden » Sun Oct 06, 2013 8:40 pm

my bongo smells when i'm driving it and i;m starting to get a headache from it. it's a diesely sort of smell and it's worse if you put the blowers on. it's been checked over by my local garage after i bought it and they didn't find any problems with it so i'm wondering what could be making it stinky. any ideas?
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Re: smelly car

Post by Northern Bongolow » Sun Oct 06, 2013 9:20 pm

do a search on here for cleaning the front heater matrix out. simple couple of hours of a job to remove all the foreign bodies stuck in the heater unit.

http://igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/view ... er#p603943
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Re: smelly car

Post by hijimhere » Sun Oct 06, 2013 9:38 pm

Sounds like you are getting exhaust fumes in the cab. look for an exhaust leak?
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Re: smelly car

Post by hwyaden » Sun Oct 06, 2013 10:29 pm

thanks peeps, will check both of those things :D
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Re: smelly car

Post by hwyaden » Mon Oct 07, 2013 10:45 am

got a mechanic to look at it and it;s the top hose on the engine gone :(
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Re: smelly car

Post by wonkanoby » Mon Oct 07, 2013 10:52 am

if its gone i would do all 4

and for sure one by starter motor assuming its a diesel
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Re: smelly car

Post by hwyaden » Mon Oct 07, 2013 3:25 pm

i found out why it's gone - there's a small hose next to it and the clip holding that hose was sticking into the top hose and has worn a tiny hole :evil:
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