Message text written by "Philip E. Barnes"
>I have been scratching my head over the stinky-clothes phenomenon for
a while now. I experience the same thing with my car. It's not a
gasoline smell, but an exhaust smell. My car is tuned as well as I
can get it, although there may be room for improvement. I know I
didn't have this problem years ago when I bought the car, and I know
that the fuel I used to buy (leaded premium) didn't do this. I have
the feeling that the current formulation for gasoline may be at least
in part to blame for it.<
Or could it be that when you bought it it didn't have worn valve guides and
rings?
I, too, have been working with a bad smelling exhaust. A rebuilt head with
new guides didn't fix it so I guess it will be rings next.
Dave Massey
St. Louis, MO
71 TR6
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