Stinky car!

[AidenJ]

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I know that cus the R5 GTT uses a carb it's gonna smell a bit petrol-ey but on tick over mine seems a bit excessive. Especially if I have the blowers on. Just wondering if this is normal for these or whether I need to start tweaking AFR.

[Markey Mark (BD)]

Do you have an in-car boost controller in your car?

Only reason i ask is if you have then the vapour going through the pipework can fume the cabin out abit

[Romil Davda]

Do you have an in-car boost controller in your car?

Only reason i ask is if you have then the vapour going through the pipework can fume the cabin out abit

That answers the question for my car then!

[Brigsy]

Is the exhaust blowing?? Have you checked for fuel leaks??

[AidenJ]

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Nope no in car boost controller, no blowing exhaust and no fuel leaks that I can see ( the fuel gauge does go down quick but I think that's my right foot). What I have found is that the crank breather is venting to atmosphere and the rocker breather has a hole in the elbow section. They're all oil rather than fuel though.

[AidenJ]

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Unattached breather


Broken breather elbow

[AidenJ]

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Also found some kind of vapour/smoke tgat looks like its coming out of this hole on my turbo. Too tired to have a proper look now though.

[LYNCHSTAR]

if its a prtrol smell have a look under back seat and you will see a round black cap take it of with a screw driver you will see a feul sender unit check the 3 pipes theres a seal that it down mine leaks when tanks full and stinks of feul.

[Tony Walker]

looks like a .49 tomcat exhaust housing, theyre a slight mismatch but do fit and seal, its best to get the faces cleaned with a gasket between or with a very slight smear of paste(better to use a gasket and no paste around the turbo tho) the breather fumes will contain a bit of petrol and do stink a bit. its probably a combination of a few smells

[AidenJ]

Thanks for the advice everyone. I'll use my good Friday to look into this and also get the foglights working. I'll post if this sorts it out

[royz]

if its a prtrol smell have a look under back seat and you will see a round black cap take it of with a screw driver you will see a feul sender unit check the 3 pipes theres a seal that it down mine leaks when tanks full and stinks of feul.

also check that the ring holding the sender unit in place is fully screwed down

[Nottswoody]

That's exactly what was wrong with mine my rubber washer inside the tank was misplaced put it back on correctly and the smell vanished.