whiffy diesel golf

Diet?

PML :-p

On 23-Apr-06 18:42:00, Ian Stirling said

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No, apparently it is engine related.

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"Angus Manwaring" wrote in news:741.339T2864T10986715angus@angusm_ANTISPEM_.demon.co.uk:

Catalyst on its way out? The diesel Golf used them from '89 onwards according to google.

Is he sure its a diesel? The smell is usually what you get from a CAT on a petrol.

Or even working catalytic converter, check the exhaust for leaks & try buying slightly more expensive low sulpher diesel.

Might be worth sniffing the winscreen washer bottle.

The additives used in here contains alcohol, in time it ferments and stinks.

My wifes car was only 2 years old and smelt terrible, we looked all over for the cause and this turned out to be the washer bottle.

Cetainly worth a sniff.

Regards Slim

Does she never use the washer, then?

Only I seem to go through a full bottle anywhere between every 2 weeks and a month.

It is the sulphur in the diesel.

AFAIK you can use CATs on a diesel too.

Either way the OP shouldnt have it flowing into the cabin area and should find the leak of exhaust gasses AFTER fixing the cat.

I rather think that diesels use a particle filter, not a cat. One gets a tax reduction if the diesel exhaust is filtered.

Bill

Although its not the font of all knowledge, wikipedia states

Two way Catalytic Converter: "This type of catalytic converter is commonly used on diesel engines to reduce hydrocarbon and carbon monoxide emissions. They also were used on spark ignition (gasoline) engines in automobiles up until 1981, when they were replaced by three-way converters due to regulatory changes requiring reductions on NOx emissions"

I wasnt aware of diesels using CC's until i read it there.

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That's in the US, I expect.

Also Cats are fitted to some HGVs now.

The message from Conor contains these words:

My '93 Audi diesel's got a cat, though how many ways it goes, I don't know.

No, VW-Audi Diesels have had a 2-way cat for some time- I suspect a lot of others do too, but I can't say for sure. All the VAG TDi's have one, and some of the previous ones did too (for example, the short-lived Umwelt low-pressure TD MK3 did have). It's only newish diesels that have a particulate filter.

On 23-Apr-06 22:34:40, Conor said

Yes, it is most definitely a diesel.

I've just rung him up and asked him to check if it has a cat.... he looked in his book, and as he understands it, it doesn't have a cat, but it has an oxydation catalyst, if that makes any sense?

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Cabin air filter?

Has he sniffed it over inside to find if someone has spilled a pint of milk in it?