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• Re: Help! Problems on the road! Smoke! or something that smells like it, a...
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Mon, 22 Mar 2004 21:22:45 EST
  ...A probabile source of the smell and smoke if you were using the heater fan and it was squeeking. If this is the source...
• Re: Smelly rear heater
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sun, 6 Oct 2019 20:18:37 -0500
  ...Very low cost on the replacement part, and a couple of vice grip clamps. > I had a smelly rear heater since 1990, never got...
• Re: Smells like Gas
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 1 Oct 1995 23:22:58 -0400
  In a message dated 95-10-01 20:48:24 EDT, PWIES@loyola.edu writes: >The interior of my 79 smells like gasoline fumes...
• Re: man, tranny oil STINKS!!
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Sun, 14 Nov 1999 22:34:50 -0500
  ...My whole van smelled like that carrying the old busted tranny home. Go with Redline MT-90...it doesn't smell like that. Shifts...
• Re: Gasoline small especially after filling up
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sun, 19 Jun 2005 18:24:03 EDT
  In a message dated 6/19/05 1:45:17 PM, covrambles@YAHOO.COM writes: << My 87 Wolfsburg has developed a gasoline smell. . . . Any...
• Re: Plat Cat... for real!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 10 Jan 2000 16:10:24 -0500
  ...Mild propane smell while lighting, but instructions point out that if smell continues then it isn't properly lit. It's ugly, though, dear...
• fridge smells and sights
  Historical mailing list - Russell Harrel
  Mon, 5 Mar 2001 12:02:19 -0500
  ...was a cool rainy day) and there was a pretty strong smell of things getting hot. Not gas, not electrical hot, but something was...
• Re: Possilbe coolant leak in heater core vicinity
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:21:17 -0700
  ...If it's the front heater core leaking, you sure should smell 'some anti-frz smell sometimes.' ( Also, it's quite normal for rear...
• Re: gas odor in engine compartment
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Sun, 13 Nov 2011 12:09:52 -0800
  dear smell stunning That you would change out fuel lines in engine bay and not by pass the firewall fitting and toss old one...
• Re: funky exhaust odors
  Historical mailing list - ChuckKuecker
  Thu, 2 Apr 1998 06:51:24 -0600
  At 21:32 4/1/98 -0800, you wrote: >Any ideas as to why exhaust can smell like rotten eggs (hydrogen sulfide), >esp. what...
• Re: NVC Cleaning them hands up!!
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 14 Feb 2003 15:04:36 EST
  ...The toxic condition effects your olfactory centers and everything smells like fish. >> Stan, Isn't thatthe same as saying everything smells like "cat"? Oops...
• Re: A/C fan and burning smell
  Historical mailing list - sailingfc dslextreme.com
  Wed, 12 Aug 2015 15:47:21 -0400
  ...A/C fan and burning smell Is the Stage3/4 relay the tall or short one in the rear pillar? Thanks. -Dick- ----- Original Message...
• Re: Rear heater - sweet smell
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:46:46 -0700
  ...Mine was soaked, so that even after replacing the heater core, the smell still lingered. I just took it out and replaced with peel...
• fridge smells hot
  Historical mailing list - karen brown
  Tue, 15 Oct 1996 15:04:35 -0400
  ...However, a few minutes later a very acrid burning smell was emitted. Could see no smoke so I watched carefully for a couple of...
• Re: Proer and bepane
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 1 Nov 2001 22:59:47 -0600
  ...notice the similar smell. now, the smell-chemical(s) are added to propane, i suppose, much like those added to LNG so you can...
• Re: Gasoline Smell
  Historical mailing list - marcus
  Fri, 19 Jun 1998 13:37:30 -0700
  ...You never did say what position you were in/sitting standing/inside/outside or at the the rear of the van when you smell...
• Gas in oil
  Historical mailing list - Mark Watts
  Thu, 24 May 2001 19:08:49 EDT
  ...Smell dipstick smells like gas! Limp to Jiffy lube. Replace 5 quarts of new Mobil one with 10 w 40 Shell. This has happened...
• Re: New Hydrolic lifters gasoline smell
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 4 Mar 2005 20:28:41 -0600
  ...New Hydrolic lifters gasoline smell > Hello All, > > I received my order of new hydrolic lifters and ready for the big job this coming weekend...
• gas smell
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Tue, 16 Apr 96 19:50:35 EDT
  Hey all, Thanks to everybody (and I do mean everybody) for responding to my gas smell question. General consensus is to pry off that...
• Detecting coolant vapor
  Historical mailing list - john Runberg
  Thu, 31 Jan 2002 23:06:59 -0500
  ...After it warms up, it smells fine. The engine is dry except for a power steering leak and the chassis has 207k on it...
• Re: how engine oil degrades (was: sysnthetic oils)
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Thu, 2 Jan 1997 11:42:55 -0800 (PST)
  So Cetin Seren says: > place, and checked the oil level once again, almost full -- BTW, what > was that smell??? Then I slapped myself on...
• Re: Seasons Greetings -- little vanagon content
  Historical mailing list - s w
  Fri, 21 Dec 2001 08:22:50 -0800
  my rear heater has a maple syrup smell...kind of like it actually, but now you've made me paranoid that something is about...
• Re: Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it???
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 18 Mar 2012 20:39:03 -0500
  Well, whenever I am close to a car that smells like rotten eggs, that smell comes from somewhere. it definitely occurs, mainly due to...
• Re: rear heater coolant smell
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Brideau
  Tue, 4 Jan 2005 08:48:23 -0500
  ...rear heater coolant smell > IS it normal for the rear heater blower to stink the van up the first 20 > seconds after its turned...
• Re: Film of oil all over back hatch
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 8 Nov 2005 13:35:07 -0600
  ...John, Why not just stick your finger in the drip and smell the fluid? Anti-freeze smells sweet, transmission and differential oil has a...
• Re: propane explosion
  Historical mailing list - David Etter
  Thu, 10 May 2007 21:52:38 -0600
  For years the gas companies have been using 'Ethyl Mercaptan' (the rotten egg smell) as an odorant in propane. Ideally, when the propane leaks...
• Dead mouse benind Westy cabinets?
  Historical mailing list - Ed Duntz
  Sat, 22 Sep 2007 09:03:34 -0400
  For the last few days, I've smelled an awful smell, like a dead animal, in my Westfalia. I've sniffed around, and think...
• 87 Vanagon- Antifreeze smell
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 23 Oct 1996 09:32:26 -0600
  Hello to all- Every time I use the rear auxiliary heater (under the rear bench seat) in my van, I smell antifreeze! I recently...
• Re: funky exhaust odors
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Thu, 2 Apr 1998 07:26:52 -0500
  ...This maybe the smell when the motor is not warmed up also. In this case everything maybe fine, just needs the CAt to get...
• Re: Maple Syrup?
  Historical mailing list - PSavage
  Tue, 10 Oct 2000 08:09:31 -0700
  ...Maple Syrup? " Last winter the smell of maple syrup from the rear heater was getting worse, so I replaced the rear heat exchanger. It...
• Re: bought a smoker's car (LVC)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 27 Jul 2007 01:04:00 EDT
  ...i had a funky smell coming from my volvo when i turned on the a/c.. i dumped a cup of listerine into the...
• Re: Smells like Gas
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 2 Oct 1995 22:32:43 -0700
  ...Smells like Gas >Message-ID: <01HVXTEBEXZQ000RXH@LOYOLA.EDU> > >The interior of my 79 smells like gasoline fumes. It is a daily driver, >and I...
• Re: burning paper smell
  Historical mailing list - Harry Hoffman
  Mon, 18 Mar 2013 08:31:05 -0400
  ...Once running I began to smell something that reminded me of burning paper. Cheers, Harry On 03/17/2013 08:03 PM, kimbrennan@mac...
• Re: airwick?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 18 Jul 1994 16:08:14 -0400 (EDT)
  Never dipdawick with someone who sniffs airwick! Actually, airwick was this hideous smelling "airfresshener" sold in the 60s and 70s in the civilized part...
• Re: Oil *Smell*?, paint restoration/preservation
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 11 Apr 1996 00:03:58 -0400
  At 10:06 AM 4/11/96 -0500, bill (w.r.) crick wrote: >I'm wondering about the smell thing. My van often has...
• Re: Smells like gas, need diagnosis
  Historical mailing list - Dane Tessler
  Sat, 6 Feb 1999 14:24:49 -0500
  ...My '87 Vanagon smells like gas in the >rear and lately is behaving as if one of the cylinders is not firing or >something...
• Re: Dometic insulation
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 17 Aug 2007 11:27:44 -0400
  ...Allowing the Dometic operate for a week didnt change this smell much at all.In fact, with several types the smell lingered for a...
• Re: Gas Smell
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 22 Sep 2006 11:18:54 -0400
  ...Mike mad madeline wrote: > Whenever we fill our van up, we smell gasoline near the filler tube for awhile... any ideas? Can't find...
• Propane tank concern
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 8 Jul 2013 17:25:58 -0400
  ...When I turned on the propane tank I heard a small air sound and smelled propane. I turned the valve all the way to...
• Re: diagnosing by smell - maybe brake problem?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 10 Aug 2008 14:27:38 -0700
  Can you determine which wheel the smell is coming from? Does your Westy "pull" (drift) either direction when you let go of the wheel...
• [Fwd: Gas in my Oil???]
  Historical mailing list - David L. Chasteen
  Wed, 30 Apr 1997 14:10:58 -0700
  ...7bit When I was checking the oil on the vanagon today, I noticed a strong smell of gas. I smelled the clean cloth I...
• Re: Anti freeze smell in heat
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Tue, 3 Nov 2009 09:48:22 -0500
  ...When I turn on the rear heater I get a strong anti freeze smell, > > even fogs up a bit. I don't bother with...
• EV Fuel Line Leak Warning......
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 8 Dec 1997 09:37:54 EST
  ...I have been smelling gas for some time now on my EV, and I just can't spot a leak anywhere. I can smell...
• coolant smell up front
  Historical mailing list - Brian T.
  Tue, 30 Jul 2002 12:14:34 -0700
  ...I am having a slight coolant smell up front and want to know how much work it is to get to the heater core...
• Re: Smelly rear heater
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 6 Oct 2019 22:51:51 -0600
  ...Very low cost on the replacement part, and a couple of vice grip clamps. > I had a smelly rear heater since 1990, never got...
• Re: burning paper smell
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:47:46 -0400
  ...Most of the other possibilities are going to involve burnt plastic smells (fuse box, wires, switches.) On Mar 18, 2013, at 8:31 AM...
• camping amidst bears, safety question
  Historical mailing list - Sheilah Rogers
  Fri, 11 Feb 2011 07:42:51 -0800
  ...one that's presumably permeated by food smells, at least from the perspective of a bear's nose. so i put the food in...
• re:75 Bus & strange smell...
  Historical mailing list
  1 Jul 96 18:56:00 -0500
  ...The sulfur smell you are encountering is most likely some oil that has settled on, or in the heat exchangers, and is burning off...
• Re: Gasoline Smell
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 22 Feb 2007 09:56:42 -0800
  ...Every time I fill up I still get a slight gas smell > although I have already replaced one broken plastic tee going into the...
• Re: CV Joint Question
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Mon, 18 Apr 2011 20:04:43 -0600
  Hey Jeff, if you find the smell of petroleum products unpleasant, you're driving the wrong vehicle. Pull em, dismantle, use the Van Cafe...
• Stinky Heat
  Historical mailing list - Russell, William
  Tue, 14 May 2002 17:07:56 -0400
  I have a 1980 Westy and on my recently completed trip across Canada, I noticed that the 'exhaust' smell that fills the interior seems...
• Re: NVC (well, slightly VC): Questions about buying used generator/invertor
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 3 Nov 2013 17:46:53 -0800
  ...And I do not recall even once being able to smell it or any gasoline smell inside the van. As for noise, in the...
• 85 Starter Woes
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Thu, 7 Nov 2002 21:42:00 -0600
  ...I could still smell the burnt wiring smell but nothing in the engine bay was abnormally hot. The electrical system was dead except for...
• Re: asparagus and smelly vans
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 21 May 2010 12:29:48 -0700
  ...Or, as David said, if you are among the 78% of folks who can't smell it, why worry? I guess I'm one...
• Re: more vanagon smells - gasoline this time
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Wed, 7 Apr 2004 22:56:43 -0400
  Joy Hecht wrote: > I've got a new smell question. > > Every time I fill my gas tank, the inside of my van smells horribly...
• Re: re-wiring the BA6 to run when engine is off?
  Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
  Mon, 19 Sep 2005 23:08:48 -0500
  ...I think if the heater was used more the smell would go away (at least part of the smell comes from burning dust). The...
• that sweet coolant smell
  Historical mailing list - Richards, Andrew
  Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:49:50 -0800
  Ooooh yeah, my van's front heater smells like maple syrup. So what's the problem? I'm not losing any noticeable level of...
• Re: gas smell solution progress
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 24 Sep 2016 23:15:25 -0400
  Hi folks, I’m not sure if I reported back on this gas smell problem. I did solve the problem for now. I replaced...
• Re: Burnt rubber smell from Westy fridge on Propane?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Sat, 28 Aug 2004 10:24:11 -0400
  ...I didn't get any unusual smells at all. I had pulled it, and cleaned all the fine grit out of the burner box...
• Re: A/C fan and burning smell
  Historical mailing list - sailingfc dslextreme.com
  Wed, 12 Aug 2015 15:43:55 -0400
  ...A/C fan and burning smell Si. I found the inline connection of the switches/knobs right on top of the front duct where...