Help With Strange Smell
Nov 9, 2009 | 08:43 PM
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Help With Strange Smell
Guys,
My Gallardo has developed a strange smell. When the engine heats up, it smells like someone dropped a deuce in the intake vent on the driver's side.
Anyone know what it could be?
Its at my tuner now for some other work (seal on my oil filter caused a leak and got my new skid plates on.) They are looking if a small animal died in the vent.
Hope not.
My Gallardo has developed a strange smell. When the engine heats up, it smells like someone dropped a deuce in the intake vent on the driver's side.
Anyone know what it could be?
Its at my tuner now for some other work (seal on my oil filter caused a leak and got my new skid plates on.) They are looking if a small animal died in the vent.
Hope not.
Nov 26, 2009 | 10:37 PM
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I got out of my truck today and as I was getting stuff out of the back seat, I noticed the same odor coming from the wheel well that we've been smelling in the bedroom.
This morning, I did not switch on the ceiling fixture and didn't smell the odor...so I asked my husband if something could be burning in the ceiling or with the wires as we haven't put up the ceiling fan yet.
As it turns out, the electrician who ran the wires for the ceiling fan left a 189 watt bulb in the fixture....just dangling from the ceiling since we didn't have the fan yet. My husband says this wattage is what they use for outdoor lighting, like street lights etc.
So we are pretty sure that since this is WAY too high of a wattage for indoor use, the bulb is heating up/almost melting the rubber coating on the wires and causing the odor...which I really hope is the problem since that is an EASY fix...
but we're still investigating...
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SMART LIPO
import car europe
This morning, I did not switch on the ceiling fixture and didn't smell the odor...so I asked my husband if something could be burning in the ceiling or with the wires as we haven't put up the ceiling fan yet.
As it turns out, the electrician who ran the wires for the ceiling fan left a 189 watt bulb in the fixture....just dangling from the ceiling since we didn't have the fan yet. My husband says this wattage is what they use for outdoor lighting, like street lights etc.
So we are pretty sure that since this is WAY too high of a wattage for indoor use, the bulb is heating up/almost melting the rubber coating on the wires and causing the odor...which I really hope is the problem since that is an EASY fix...
but we're still investigating...
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SMART LIPO
import car europe
do you have a lamborghini ceiling fan?
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