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smelly car

Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2013 8:40 pm
by hwyaden
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

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

Re: smelly car

Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2013 9:38 pm
by hijimhere
Sounds like you are getting exhaust fumes in the cab. look for an exhaust leak?

Re: smelly car

Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2013 10:29 pm
by hwyaden
thanks peeps, will check both of those things :D

Re: smelly car

Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2013 10:45 am
by hwyaden
got a mechanic to look at it and it;s the top hose on the engine gone :(

Re: smelly car

Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2013 10:52 am
by wonkanoby
if its gone i would do all 4

and for sure one by starter motor assuming its a diesel

Re: smelly car

Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2013 3:25 pm
by hwyaden
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: