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jbullis



Member Since: 28 Apr 2013
Location: Jonesborough, TN
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Exhaust smell in cab
I get a faint exhaust smell inside the cab while running ac/heat. When I roll down the front windows, I can also get the exhaust smell. I've checked the engine bay everything appears to be tight. When I open the hood I also smell the exhaust. Its a 20K mile 110. Its my 1st puma, my TD5 never smelled like this. Point me in some areas that I should look at?

Thank you
Post #860455 8th Oct 2020 12:44pm
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GREENI



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Sometimes if the wind is blowing from rear to front, the heater intake can draw in fumes from the outside, it's quite common.

I park with my truck parked next to a wall in the morning and it fills up the cab as the fumes just stack up against the wall and the heater intake sucks them in.
Post #860462 8th Oct 2020 1:31pm
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Angus_Beef



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Norway 2015 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 SW Corris Grey
Might be a thing, might not, but mined smelled like hot oil for a couple of weeks leading up to an intercooler hose failing.
Also worth checking is the crankcase vent hose. Roaming around 🇳🇴🇨🇭
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custom90



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Check the foam gasket on the intake ducting to motor assembly, these often part and leave a gap drawing engine bay air in.
I fitted a second gasket to mine and has been good ever since.
Post #860477 8th Oct 2020 3:09pm
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tamar817



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United Kingdom 2011 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 PU Tamar Blue
DeeEss wrote:
Might be a thing, might not, but mined smelled like hot oil for a couple of weeks leading up to an intercooler hose failing.
Also worth checking is the crankcase vent hose.


I had the same sort of thing, but with smoke.
I just accepted it as a land rover feature, because it happened on my last one.
It went away after I had the hoses done.
Apparently the fault should have shown up sooner but the remap was preventing it.
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PCM



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Had the same just before I lost power due to a split intercooler hose. Was an easy fix. Thumbs Up
Post #862072 17th Oct 2020 11:11am
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