Hi all,
Can anyone tell me what the horrible smell might be when I am accelerating either stationary or moving slowly for eg in reverse?

Car is warmed up but stinks and cna smell it in the car or outside. Just wondering if its the turbo?

 

Clutch?

 

oil on the manifold heatshield?

 

thanks for the info. Doesn't smell like burning as such more like something has gone off.
will get my mechanic to check it over.

 

dead rat?

 

my money is on burnt oil, coming from a leaky rocker cover gasket.

 

if it smells eggy its the cat, if it smells like a public toilet/p*ss/amonia then it is the clutch, and if it smells thick and chokey and stings the back of your throat it is an oil leak normally found on the o/s rocker cover or a perished oil return pipe from the turbo leaking onto the uppipe? hope this helps.

 

prob oil or coolant leaking onto something

 

thanks for all your help.

will check the engine compartment out for anything leaking.

hopefully not an expensive fix

no oil marks on floor, performance of car ok and no weird noises just the smell when accelerating a bit when not moving much

 

wet heatwrap? mine always used to smell when it got wet.

 

snap same here,and steams like an old train till its dry

 

its a long shot but,when was the last time you changed you y fronts.

 

i second that, my car suffers from it to, rocker cover gasket is leaking, every now and then get a smell from the oil burning, once its burnt off it stops for a while till the oil builds back up and repeats,

 

has your car got decat?? Could just be gases/fumes. Need more detail to narrow it down.

 

I get an awful smell when reversing up my steep drive in my 06 hawkeye. Assume it's the clutch. Came as a shock & worry to me when first got mine in Nov 09 but now I'm used to the clutch (got biting point better & used to it generally) I don't get much smell anymore although if I'm in a rush it does appear.