Model: Mini City E
Year: 1989
Description of problem (please be as in depth as possible): My car absolutely stinks of rotten eggs?! inside, and when I open the window, oh and when it's sat there outside my house!
Help please anyone. I am worrying :'(
Rotten Egg Smell?!
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JayBox
, Apr 25 2010 05:53 PM
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Posted 25 April 2010 - 05:53 PM
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Posted 25 April 2010 - 05:58 PM
Does it need a new shell?! 
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Posted 25 April 2010 - 05:59 PM
not that I know of? Is that usually a cause of it?
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Posted 25 April 2010 - 06:01 PM
Does it need a new shell?!
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Posted 25 April 2010 - 06:02 PM
Does it need a new shell?!
hes making a joke
, not a bad one either loldoes it smell even when its not running then?
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Posted 25 April 2010 - 06:03 PM
Lol. I just got it ><.
Unfortunately, I'm not finding it funny, because I'm serious about my car considering I just lost my job. I am not finding it easy to laugh about it atm, sorry.
Unfortunately, I'm not finding it funny, because I'm serious about my car considering I just lost my job. I am not finding it easy to laugh about it atm, sorry.
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Posted 25 April 2010 - 06:03 PM
Does it need a new shell?!
hes making a joke
does it smell even when its not running then?
And yeah it does.
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Posted 25 April 2010 - 06:04 PM
does the exhaust have a cat ?
my cooper used to smell like that until i removed it from the system
my cooper used to smell like that until i removed it from the system
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Posted 25 April 2010 - 06:05 PM
has somebody stuck eggs in your engine bay or something :S
im not sure how it could smell bad when the engine isn't running.
check the water in the radiator as that can smell pretty foul sometimes
im not sure how it could smell bad when the engine isn't running.
check the water in the radiator as that can smell pretty foul sometimes
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Posted 25 April 2010 - 06:07 PM
Could it be battery related? Sulphuric acid?
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Posted 25 April 2010 - 06:17 PM
washer bottle?
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Posted 25 April 2010 - 06:19 PM
Usually this is a cat problem. Not sure why it would smell when not running.
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Posted 25 April 2010 - 06:21 PM
It does sound like a boiling battery. Check it's topped up (if you can) & check the condition of the earth strap.
washer bottle?
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Posted 25 April 2010 - 06:21 PM
Would an '89 have a cat though? Weren't they introduced in late 1991? I think my car was one of the first to get a cat.
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Posted 25 April 2010 - 06:22 PM
Usually this is a cat problem. Not sure why it would smell when not running.
89's didnt have cats fitted did they?
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