[Tigers] Exhaust smell

[Owain Lloyd]

I have a bit of that too with the soft top up.  drives my wife nuts.
it's ok in the drivers seat oddly but not in the passenger seat.  my
solution is wind the window down fully.  not sure if helps much
though.

On Saturday, October 23, 2010,  <CoolVT at aol.com> wrote:
> Had my top up for the first time in about 3 years the  other day.  With the
> top up I've always had an exhaust smell in the  car.  I haven't had the
> hard top on for about 10 yrs., but I think I had  the same problem with
that.
> So, what's the consensus of the cause?  There are  no exhaust leaks and the
> tail pipe ends go just about to the edge of the  bumper.  The trunk lid has
> the original rubber which isn't torn, but  probably doesn't seal that well.
> I figure the smell has to be coming in under the  trunk lid, around the
> bottom of the soft top or in through the windows that  don't fit all that
tight.
> Years ago I actually sealed the area pretty well  between the trunk and the
> interior of the cars...removed the floppy piece of  vinyl and put in thin
> plywood covered with carpet. Also used fiberglass  insulation and sealed
all
> the cracks.  That didn't seem to help much.   So, at that time my theory
was
> the smell must be coming in around the bottom of  the top or around the
> windows.
> Do these things build up some kind of negative  pressure inside the
> passenger compartment?
> Would sure like to get rid of that  smell.
> Mark L
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