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Car Forum / Peugeot Cars / June 2006406 eggy smell
I've just got this 406 2.0 GLX estate 1998 100k on the clock. When I picked it up on Wednesday it was fine but since Sunday there's a dreadful eggy type smell which must be from the cat I suppose. This happens even after 40 miles down the motorway, to the extent that I have to put the air onto recirculate when I'm sitting in a traffic jam. I did fill up Wednesday evening and again on Sunday at the local Sainsburys but their pumps say ultra low sulphur petrol. Could it be the lambda sensor or O2 sensor? GSF don't seem to list these in their online catalogue and an enquiry via their contact page brings a response asking for my chassis number.  SignatureMalc Cheap, but not as cheap as your girlfriend probably decomposing England defenders ........... > I've just got this 406 2.0 GLX estate 1998 100k on the clock. When I > picked it up on Wednesday it was fine but since Sunday there's a dreadful [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > enquiry via their contact page brings a response asking for my chassis > number. > I've just got this 406 2.0 GLX estate 1998 100k on the clock. When I > picked it up on Wednesday it was fine but since Sunday there's a dreadful [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > enquiry via their contact page brings a response asking for my chassis > number. I have read that the air conditioning can smell (although I have no idea what it smells like) and that there is a can of something or other that you can get in Halfords to treat it. SignatureKeith Willcocks (If you can't laugh at life, it ain't worth living!) > I have read that the air conditioning can smell (although I have no idea > what it smells like) and that there is a can of something or other that you > can get in Halfords to treat it. But it definitely isn't the air con. It comes from outside the car and increases when you rev the engine. SignatureMalc >I've just got this 406 2.0 GLX estate 1998 100k on the clock. When I picked >it up on Wednesday it was fine but since Sunday there's a dreadful eggy type [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >these in their online catalogue and an enquiry via their contact page brings >a response asking for my chassis number. It must have had the Cat replaced recently - they sometimes smell a bit when they're new. Providing your emissions are OK, nothing is broken ! You'll just have to be patient until it goes away. > >I've just got this 406 2.0 GLX estate 1998 100k on the clock. When I picked > >it up on Wednesday it was fine but since Sunday there's a dreadful eggy type [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Providing your emissions are OK, nothing is broken ! You'll just have to be > patient until it goes away. Thanks. Does that eggsplain why it didn't smell when I got it on Wednesday last week? A colleague has also commented that the end of the exhaust is at the back of the car so why is the smell getting in? SignatureMalc >> In article >> <PDYlg.89275$wl.59619@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk>, Malc [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > exhaust is at the back of the car so why is the smell > getting in? Because of the backdraft. All vehicles produce a backdraft, if you drive am estate car with the back door open, the exhaust fumes will be dragged into the car. Bryan , > >> > to the extent that I have to put the air onto recirculate > >> >when I'm sitting in a traffic jam. > > Because of the backdraft. All vehicles produce a backdraft, > if you drive am estate car with the back door open, the > exhaust fumes will be dragged into the car. But not when stationary which is when I notice the smell. I have seen elsewhere that there are non-return flaps somewhere at the back of the car to vent the passenger compartment. Any idea where? SignatureMalc > , > > >> > to the extent that I have to put the air onto recirculate [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > elsewhere that there are non-return flaps somewhere at the back of the > car to vent the passenger compartment. Any idea where? If you pull out the boot trim on the right hand side, you'll find the vent flap in the inner wing just in front of the lighting cluster. Martin Signaturemartin<dot here>whybrow<at here>ntlworld<dot here>com
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