funny smell
02-15-2007 | 07:10 AM
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in the last few days when i start my car and it is in idle i get a smell which can only be decscibed as gas, this goes once i drive but once i come to a stand still it comes back any ideas
02-15-2007 | 07:13 AM
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Originally Posted by 525iiiii' post='391844' date='Feb 15 2007, 04:10 PM
in the last few days when i start my car and it is in idle i get a smell which can only be decscibed as gas, this goes once i drive but once i come to a stand still it comes back any ideas
02-15-2007 | 07:15 AM
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Originally Posted by 525iiiii' post='391844' date='Feb 15 2007, 08:10 AM
in the last few days when i start my car and it is in idle i get a smell which can only be decscibed as gas, this goes once i drive but once i come to a stand still it comes back any ideas
02-15-2007 | 07:16 AM
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I once had a rancid smell off rotten eggs in a 1983 Datsun Bluebird.
It turned out to be the battery. It was bubbling some strange chemical but once it was topped up with deionised water it was fine.
But I'm not sure if its the battery on the E60 because its in the boot?
It turned out to be the battery. It was bubbling some strange chemical but once it was topped up with deionised water it was fine.
But I'm not sure if its the battery on the E60 because its in the boot?
02-15-2007 | 07:20 AM
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My Ride: 525ise, Dec 2003, Silver Grey, Black Dakota Leather, Bluetooth, 18'' Runflats, Folding mirrors, Automatic/man box,parking sensers front/rear,latest addition 645ci black saphire, with everthing on, nothing it does not have.
no not a diesel
02-15-2007 | 07:41 AM
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Your combustion may be running rich and you are smelling excess gas in the exhaust??? I would take it to the dealership though, as stated above, any fumes that resemble gas are not so good.
02-16-2007 | 03:47 AM
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Originally Posted by baadaaboo' post='391876' date='Feb 15 2007, 11:52 AM
try not to eat too much beans... 
Beans are nothing.... try eating a weightlifters protein bar.
Look out!