[Tigers] Exhaust smell

[CoolVT at aol.com]

Seems there must be some solution. If this was  happening with new cars I'm 
sure they would have been blasted by car magazines  that tested them.
 
 
In a message dated 10/23/2010 7:06:01 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
michael.s.king at gmail.com writes:

I have  this problem in my alpines and tigers, i think the exhuast gasses 
get sucked  back though the boot (trunk) area.. if you have a MKIA open the 
fresh air  vents that helps.. but either way.. seems a comon issue to all 
older cars..  hey.. what about the fuel smell from the engine bay... with 
windows up and  vents closed with the roof on i think i could almost pass out 
with that mix..  i guess roof down is the best way.. otherwise try and get 
fresh air in (  windows slightly cranked hardtop indows proped open or scuttle 
vents open.. i  have no solutitons to offer nothing i have tried has worked.

On 24 October 2010 08:31, Owain Lloyd <_owain.lloyd at gmail.com_ 
(mailto:owain.lloyd at gmail.com) >  wrote:

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_ (mailto: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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