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Jaggu · 13th July 2007, 19:49

battery does give smell in some case, but will not be so obvious if the engine bay is closed

my inlaws zen mpfi has the same problem and this car does very less running (5km a week) and generally it gives a foul smell when cold.

its cat con smell for sure and can be due to many reasons:

either cat con not hot enough
bad quality of fuel
injectors giving bad fuel flow
additives in a particular fuel
broken pipe will cause the smell to leak from underneath the car and can be smelt from the inside if windows are down

13th July 2007, 19:49	#31 (permalink)
Jaggu Team-BHP Support Join Date: May 2004 Location: Bangalore Posts: 4,223	battery does give smell in some case, but will not be so obvious if the engine bay is closed my inlaws zen mpfi has the same problem and this car does very less running (5km a week) and generally it gives a foul smell when cold. its cat con smell for sure and can be due to many reasons: either cat con not hot enough bad quality of fuel injectors giving bad fuel flow additives in a particular fuel broken pipe will cause the smell to leak from underneath the car and can be smelt from the inside if windows are down __________________ The strength to change what I can, the inability to accept what I can't, and the incapacity to tell the difference. -Calvin