exhaust fumes inside the mk1

[my03]

hey guys, i keep on smelling exhaust fumes from the car, got it checked out, exhaust had no leak, is this common in the mk1? can exhaust get in from under the bootlid? what about heater and fan vents? are they permanently open? can they be shut off?

thanks

[silverMK1]

i had a problem with my oil dipstick. it wasnt sealing and when the revs get up a bit oil would splash on the block and burn, the smell came into the cabin. might wanna check that.

[Peter Jones]

Hatch seal?

[Golf Loon]

Look in the firewall under the bonnet and the raintray under the wiper motor. There is probably a rubber seal missing and letting in smells

[Jmac]

Check your crankcase breather hoses mate if perished the engine bay gets filled with fumes and itll find any nook or cranny and your fillin ya head with CO

[WABIT]

Standard

Wabit

[my03]

bingo bingo!! jimmy has hit it i reckon, check it today, breather is venting straight out!! my car has the mk3 agg 2 litre in it, what should i do? should i put a catch can i there and then plumb it back into the intake? or directly into the intake?

Thanks guys.

[Jmac]

try and rout it back into the engine mate via the breather system or yeah even the intake.
Take it easy

[my03]

thanks mate, the engine is a 2.0 agg out of a mk3, will it have any adverse affects if i just pluged up the crankcase breather?

cheers

[Jmac]

Yeah maybe mate the crankcase has got to breath or it will spit oil all over the place. Dont plug it champ.