Exhaust Odors

[Phil Rose]

At 11:48 PM -0500 2/23/09, PeterBergin at aol.com wrote:
>Might be an oil or PS fluid leak vaporizing on something hot and getting
>sucked in through the hvac.
>

Commonly, tranny fluid leaks onto a catalytic conv. from either one 
of the front differential (output shaft) seals. With a slow leak you 
could be smelling the fumes from that long before drips appear on the 
garage floor.

Phil
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Phil Rose.....Rochester, NY USA
'06 A3q 3.2 V6 (5K, silver)
'91 200q	(156K, Lago blue)
Gone to Audi Valhalla:
'91 200q   (Tornado red)
'89 100 (Bamboo gold)