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02-08-2012, 05:57 PM
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Drives: 2011 SS M6, LT's, CAI, SLP LM II's. Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Ok
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Weird smell
After i go WOT, my car has this funky smell. It kind of smells like a skunk. Any ideas on what this could be?
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02-08-2012, 06:00 PM
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LSC Photographer
Drives: 2012 Camaro 2SS w/ RS & M6 Join Date: Nov 2011
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At WOT, you were going so fast you hit a skunk and didn't even notice it. Check your front grill.
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02-08-2012, 06:05 PM
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Drives: 2011 SS M6, LT's, CAI, SLP LM II's. Join Date: Oct 2011
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Lol i wish that was it, its making me nervous i hope my engines not crapping out.
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02-08-2012, 06:09 PM
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Drives: Camaro SS Join Date: Jan 2012
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Whats "WOT" mean?
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02-08-2012, 06:09 PM
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Drives: 2012 Camaro 2SS w/ RS & M6 Join Date: Nov 2011
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02-08-2012, 06:11 PM
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Drives: 2011 Camaro 2SS/RS/ L99 Join Date: Nov 2011
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Maybe the tires burning up
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02-08-2012, 06:18 PM
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Drives: '17 2SS convertible'20 Yukon Denali Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Cedar Park, Texas
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Maybe it's oil blow by and you need a catch can.
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02-08-2012, 06:25 PM
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Drives: 2010 r/s switchblade metalic Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: United States
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might b exhaust alot ofcars stink especially Toyota's smells like sulfur
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02-08-2012, 07:32 PM
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Drives: 2016 1LT RS Camaro; 72 Chevelle Join Date: Apr 2008
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I also noticed this when my car had lower miles... The smell stopped once I hit around 12,000 miles.
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02-08-2012, 07:41 PM
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Drives: 2011 SS-RS Join Date: May 2011
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Mine does it when I drive in manual mode and get on it a few times, can't figur it out, smells like a skunk or a day old cup of burnt coffee, drives me nuts, but doesn't do it all the time. Wish I knew, is nothing under the hood cause I checked everytime I smelled it, I stopped, and is not coming from the exhaust either, I stuck my nose in there also. I didn't notice it until my x-pipe install. My car is an L99 car and in the tranny tunnell is a small vent tube for the tranny right next to the x-pipe and I kinda think it is small amounts of vented tranny fluid getting on my very hot x-pipe and burning off. Haven't been able to get the car back up on a lift to check this out yet though.
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02-08-2012, 07:42 PM
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Prolly your cat's.
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02-08-2012, 07:45 PM
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SMELL!!!
This is Most likely coming from your catalytic converter...
This is a rotton egg smell that comes from the cat .. All new cars smell like this when you get them hot enough. NORMAL!!..in most cases....lol You will also hear popping noises from you exhaust when you turn it off in the garage. Also normal..It comes from heat expanding and contracting in your exhaust..Normal |
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02-08-2012, 07:46 PM
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Drives: 2010 r/s switchblade metalic Join Date: Oct 2011
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CATS stink
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02-08-2012, 07:48 PM
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Drives: 2011 Camaro RS M6 Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Illinois
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Burning oil, transmission fluid, even grease does not smell like skunk. Exhaust tends to smell like rotten eggs (sulfur) when the cats are not doing their job completely. Are you slipping the clutch bad? Some clutch material smells pretty nasty.
WOT is used a lot on biker forums as well as WFO.
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