Rover 75 diesel.. smelly exhaust/engine emissions - Page 2

T-Cut · 18th December 2017, 18:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by Number 6

On a Diesel ???

Yup. A diesel catalyst works like a petrol catalyst.

TC

CivilSteve · 18th December 2017, 21:01

Diesels can produce the old eggy smell, had a ZT on the dyno that did it after a couple of runs (along with sparks). Imagine years of gentle driving had caused a bit of a build up that a good hard power run managed to burn off.

rikk · 28th April 2018, 20:57

Hi. We've checked most of these but still not got to the bottom of the excessive diesely smells.. one thing i have seen though , I checked the injector readings with TOAF and one of them had a correction factor of over 4%.. i'm sure i read somewhere that if it's over 2% then that is a problem? I'm not sure if that would cause excessive diesel smells though?

bigsi32 · 19th April 2019, 21:01

Sorry for the thread revival but did the op find a solution to this problem as I have this exact same issue, I have a strong smell of burnt diesel (sooty) inside and out of the car and it’s driving me mad and can’t be safe to drive in either.

Can anyone help please, I’m a little desperate.

Thanks in advance

macafee2 · 19th April 2019, 21:19

when I had this problem, a new fuel filter filled with diesel injector cleared a sooty exhaust and diesel stink

macafee2

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18th December 2017, 21:01	#12
CivilSteve Avid contributor MG ZT Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: Manchester Posts: 237 Thanks: 20 Thanked 108 Times in 56 Posts	Diesels can produce the old eggy smell, had a ZT on the dyno that did it after a couple of runs (along with sparks). Imagine years of gentle driving had caused a bit of a build up that a good hard power run managed to burn off.

28th April 2018, 20:57	#13
rikk Avid contributor Rover 75 CDTI Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Ashby de la Zouch Posts: 104 Thanks: 3 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Hi. We've checked most of these but still not got to the bottom of the excessive diesely smells.. one thing i have seen though , I checked the injector readings with TOAF and one of them had a correction factor of over 4%.. i'm sure i read somewhere that if it's over 2% then that is a problem? I'm not sure if that would cause excessive diesel smells though?

19th April 2019, 21:01	#14
bigsi32 Newbie MG ZT Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: Bedfield Posts: 29 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Sorry for the thread revival but did the op find a solution to this problem as I have this exact same issue, I have a strong smell of burnt diesel (sooty) inside and out of the car and it’s driving me mad and can’t be safe to drive in either. Can anyone help please, I’m a little desperate. Thanks in advance

19th April 2019, 21:19	#15
macafee2 This is my second home Rover 75 Saloon & Tourer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Lincoln Posts: 14,908 Thanks: 1,630 Thanked 3,032 Times in 2,181 Posts	when I had this problem, a new fuel filter filled with diesel injector cleared a sooty exhaust and diesel stink macafee2