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My mk1 bingo smells. It smells like an old paraffin heater. It’s a 2001 2.0hdi engine with 180,000 on clock and runs like a Swiss watch. But the smell gets into the cab and the mrs is complaining.
So 2 issues. Any fix for the smell ? And do you think I need exhaust looking at ?
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Is it the exhaust?
There were problems with the heater matrix leaking and the smell is/was like a curry cooking according to some folk . Especially older models.
It doesn't take a large leak to cause the coolant to evaporate on the outside of the matrix and cause a smell .
There are lots of posts about it , look them up.
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My M59 gets the curry smell sometimes through the heater but we are not losing water
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It does not take a lot of coolant to cause the smell, just a weep in the matrix is enough
2010 B9 red XTR w a v.
2001 1.9d DW8B white Berlingo
2005 2.l green Berlingo
2001 1.9d DW8B white Berlingo
berlingo 1.4 red multispace
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It is probably the injector seals , have a look if there's diesel or carbon round the base of them.
So where does this bit go then ?
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After driving 300+ miles exhaust no longer smelly, I put it down to old diesel
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