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Old Mar 4, 2009 | 09:20 AM
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Stink smell at hard acceleration

Flame suit on.. i swear i did a search and nothing came back that helped..

If i run my car hard particular in 4th and 5th gear and my AC is on.. the car's inside is engulfed with a pungent smell of like .. i dont know what.. does not smell like oil though..

got the car tuned by AMS two months ago for 90 oct tune and i am pretty sure Chris left the car pretty rich on top the rpm range for safety reasons. Do you think its the rich AFR causing this because i do recall it happening with the stock tune??
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Old Mar 4, 2009 | 09:22 AM
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Running "Rich" will smell like Gas, If it smells like sulfur, you might have shat yourself, otherwise, a musty smell could be from the AC condensor-evap tank, if your in the boost, and high load, maybe clutch wearing out...
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Old Mar 4, 2009 | 10:17 AM
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I think I know what you're talking about.

I don't drive hard, and hardly ever over 80MPH.

But when I do, I get a very distinct smell.
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Old Mar 4, 2009 | 10:19 AM
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clutch
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Old Mar 4, 2009 | 10:20 AM
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Old Mar 4, 2009 | 11:14 AM
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Old Mar 4, 2009 | 03:36 PM
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Originally Posted by smokedmustang
Running "Rich" will smell like Gas, If it smells like sulfur, you might have shat yourself, otherwise, a musty smell could be from the AC condensor-evap tank, if your in the boost, and high load, maybe clutch wearing out...
^Hmmm, maybe that
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Old Mar 4, 2009 | 05:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Messidona
If i run my car hard particular in 4th and 5th gear and my AC is on.. the car's inside is engulfed with a pungent smell of like .. i dont know what.. does not smell like oil though..
Do you know what burning clutch smells like? The only word I can use to describe it is 'pungent'. Makes me think your clutch is slipping.
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Old Mar 4, 2009 | 06:42 PM
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or if it kinda smells like rotten eggs it could be the cat.
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Old Mar 4, 2009 | 06:45 PM
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Sounds like clutch wearing down to me....
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Old Mar 4, 2009 | 06:55 PM
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clutch, maybe electrical?

dunno need to smell for myself
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Old Mar 4, 2009 | 06:56 PM
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flux capacitor... or the clutch... thats what's goin on with mine too.
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Old Mar 4, 2009 | 08:31 PM
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Could be the clutch or brake pads if your braking after hard acceleration, it could also be the cats or a myriad of other things! If it was the clutch slipping I think he would notice??? If it is the clutch the smell is similar to a rotting corpse lol, I've heard horror stories about burnt clutches!
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Old Mar 4, 2009 | 09:22 PM
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Well, some evos do go like stink; maybe yours took it literally?
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Old Mar 4, 2009 | 09:30 PM
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you pooped
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