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 Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 8:58 am |
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this mornin when i got to work there was a funny burning smell coming from the exhaust and my car at the moment sounds like an impreza, could this be the cat needing cleaned or replaced or could it be something else?
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 9:28 am |
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Which engine ?
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 9:45 am |
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2.0 gti
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 9:52 am |
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Misfiring, cold be the coil pack.
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 10:03 am |
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it's not misfiring, just has the smell and the exhaust kind of splutters if that makes sense but there is fumes coming out of it so it's not blocked
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 10:06 am |
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| scotty79 wrote: |
| it's not misfiring, just has the smell and the exhaust kind of splutters if that makes sense but there is fumes coming out of it so it's not blocked |
But you say the car sounds like an impreza, this is normally a sign of a misfire.
Does it actually sound like an impreza as in it burbles like a boxer engine would?
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 10:09 am |
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| Big_Rich180 wrote: |
| scotty79 wrote: |
| it's not misfiring, just has the smell and the exhaust kind of splutters if that makes sense but there is fumes coming out of it so it's not blocked |
But you say the car sounds like an impreza, this is normally a sign of a misfire.
Does it actually sound like an impreza as in it burbles like a boxer engine would? |
to me it just sounds like the exhaust that's on an impreza, I know it's not much help lol but to me that's just what it sounds like
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:03 pm |
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Check the oil
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Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 4:32 am |
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checked the oil, it's fine, takin it to the garage on Monday till they check the cat, the smell seems to have gone just the noise now
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Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 1:31 pm |
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so what did the garage said?did you fixed it?
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Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 1:48 pm |
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You checked for a plastic bag stuck to the exhaust? That could be your burning smell, can't say what would cause the noise.
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Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 2:02 am |
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cat looks fine, checked plugs and they look fine also, so going to replace coil pack and see if that helps, noticed that they are ngk plugs so gonna ask them to get me bosch super 4's? see if that makes a difference
also should i be driving around in this or should it be parked up till the coil pack comes through?
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Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 10:58 am |
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meant to add, when he was checking the plugs 2 of them had oil on them but he couldn't see any oil where the plugs were taken out of, I'm hopin this isn't leading to anythin more serious or the cars goin for scrap
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Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 11:27 am |
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| scotty79 wrote: |
| I'm hopin this isn't leading to anythin more serious or the cars goin for scrap |
Scrap 
Being a GTI there will be plenty of youngsters on here after the parts so break it first 
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Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 11:49 am |
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I'm guessin the oil in the plugs isn't a good sign then, I would probably be able to take some parts off it but not many as i dont really have the time or knowledge to totally strip a car down
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