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Beautiful South Martin

Audi A3 strong smell in car when running from cold

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Just sold a customer an A3 2.0 TDi and he is complaining of a strong smell inside the car especially when starting from cold, not a smell of diesel as such but more gasses. Booked in tomorrow for inspection at my local indy just wondering if anyone had anything similar so I can point him in the right direction......Cheers

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10 minutes ago, Rory RSC said:

Injector seals 

That's where my money lies ;)

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1 minute ago, Beautiful South Martin said:

Hi Stalker

2007 (57) 170 bhp Quattro 94k miles

Aah, on that year it’s not common rail. 

That kind of rules out injector seals, check egr and exhaust system inc flexi. 

Start up from cold with head under bonnet will tell you more ;)

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18 hours ago, Dave2302 said:

That's where my money lies ;)

put it in the bank dave

much safer

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Could be injector seals, but on the PD engine they lie inside rocker cover and the fumes should go back into the inlet manifold....

 

Could have a split breather?

Injector seals on a PD engine give running faults too.

 

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