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Old 17th March 2016, 08:54   #1
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Default Egg smell in cabin

Iv noticed a few times now while on a long drive with the climate control settings off I get an eggy smell in the cabin, iv hanged the pollen filter but still nothing...its a zt diesel. Any suggestions?
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Old 17th March 2016, 09:03   #2
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Egg smells are usually cat failure. Check your exhaust for leaks may be front pipe.
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Old 17th March 2016, 09:03   #3
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I get that occasionally but its picking up exhaust fumes from other vehicles.
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Old 17th March 2016, 09:07   #4
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Stop eating curry :-).
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There was an advisory on the mot for small exhaust leak. Excuse for a stainless steel system
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Old 17th March 2016, 10:51   #6
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I've been reading about screenwash going off. The bottles get full of bacteria. A shot of bleach in the washer tank/bottle when nearly empty, add clean water, leave to do its stuff overnight, then fully flush out by leaving a hose pipe running into the tank until clear. Refill with a strong screenwash solution. Job done. (Warning, do not use the spray jets with the bleach in or it may damage your paintwork/brightwork!)

If it's in the air con system, get it anti bac/anti fungal treated. I've used THIS.
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Egg smells are usually cat failure. Check your exhaust for leaks may be front pipe.
Try feeding the cat something different.

Seriously though, I had something similar recently with a K12 Micra and it turned out to be nothing more sinister than a build up of smelly bacteria in the ventilation system as the result of not much use during a long period of wet weather. Air Con bomb sorted it out. And it was perhaps more fishy than eggy. Kedgeree?
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Old 17th March 2016, 11:07   #8
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This is going to sound really weird, but I had precisely that in my machine for a couple of years, but only occasionally. To make it worse, there was a local disabled woman I used to give lifts to, to the shops etc, and I was always really embarrassed, telling her that honestly, I REALLY hadn’t NAUGHTY WORD-NAUGHTY WORD-NAUGHTY WORD-NAUGHTY WORD-NAUGHTY WORD-NAUGHTY WORD-, it was the aircon etc etc etc.

She was always very good-humoured about this. The odd thing was though, since she moved house a couple of years ago and I've stopped giving her lifts, it’s never happened again… sometimes I have to be hit between the eyes with a brick to see the bleedin obvious
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Just a thought ... have you checked driver side and under seat foot well carpets underneath. Coolant gives off a smell and it could lead to heater matrix/pipe joints.
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Iv noticed a few times now while on a long drive with the climate control settings off I get an eggy smell in the cabin, iv hanged the pollen filter but still nothing...its a zt diesel. Any suggestions?
It's hydrogen sulphide being generated somewhere. Two most likely are the exhaust catalyst - which only applies to petrol engnes - and the aircon system - from what's known as suphur bacteria. It often stems from a damp pollen filter. Another possible cause is leakage of the crankcase breather, though this usually smells more exhaust-like.

Catalyst: http://www.swri.org/10light/catalyst.htm
Bacteria: http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/e...rosulfide.html

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