help! typ44: exhaust smell when heater is on

[JordanVw at aol.com]

ok..so i am not "smelling" carbon monoxide, but i am sure breathing it as its 
coming into the car w/ the exhaust smell that is blowing out of my heater 
vents... any ideas as to why this is happening?  can someone help?  this is a 
serious problem.. please only respond if you have an idea why this is 
happening...my GF has a small child,  and im worried that it will harm the child in 
addition to making everyone else sick too

thanks
chris

In a message dated 1/30/04 12:12:43 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
robert at s-cars.org writes:


> Minor correction.  You are probably smelling exhaust fumes but not carbon 
> monoxide.  CO is odorless.  It may be present in the exhaust but you are not 
> smelling it.  Instead you are smelling other components of the exhaust fumes.
> 
> At 12:06 PM 1/30/2004 -0500, JordanVw at aol.com wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> >> help..when i turn my heater on i smell exuast coming into the car..carbon 
>> 
>> monoxide smell..   its making me sick  car is a 86 5kt.  its got a new rear 
>> 
>> muffler on it and the center resonator section is fairly new too.   the 
>> exhaust 
>> smell only comes in when the heater is on..when the heater is off i dont 
>> smell 
>> it..   any ideas?
>> 
>> chris
>> 
>