I have a Xantia 2.0i Automatic,
recently, when the engine is warm and i am idling in intersections or parking after a trip, i get the smell of warm oil inside the car. There does not appear to be any oil loss, no water in the gearbox or engine oil, and i cannot smell any oil in the coolant either.
When i look around the engine, there seems to be more than just a little "sweat" around the spark plugs though. I´m thinking i may have a small leak somewhere, but i cannot see where its coming from.
Any ideas?
Xantia - Hot oil smell inside
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That's the most likely and the cam cover is the prime suspect.atr wrote:It is possible that oil is dripping on or near the exhaust pipe. that causes quite a smell.
get the car up on ramps and have a look at the back of the engine. It might be a tad damp and give the game away...
A weepy diff oil seal can also spray back on the exhaust and cat and give rise to a smell.
Not sure what burning LT71141 smells but I do know the fresh stuff reeks of cat's pee and since changing my gearbox oil today, everything smells of cat, even the curry I'm eating for dinner
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Are you sure it's oil that's burning? Mines a 16v 1.8 and I had a strange burning smell that I couldn't trace for ages. Turned out that one of the core plugs in the head, between cylinders 3 and 4 was weeping. It would dry out by the time I took the coils off so was a aid to find. Rather then drilling the core plugs out I just filled the wells with high temperature epoxy. Sealed for good now!