Smelly CQ

[Brendan]

On Thursday 02 November 2006 14:15, Brett Dikeman wrote:
> > Are you sure that it's not exhaust? The breather hose often gets
> > sucked shut,
> > cracks and let's in exhaust gas...
>
> Breather hose failure- I guarantee you will know it, at least under
> load.
>
> Bonnie Royal's 90q20v blew the hose at the track and she gave me a
> ride for a session.  We lasted about 5-10 minutes before our eyes
> were watering+burning.  This was with the CC off and front windows
> down, doing over-highway speeds...ie, lots of fresh air coming in.
>
> The smell/burning was VERY strong under full throttle, when blow-by
> is strongest.

Yeah, same here, except with the gf's grandmother who kept on wanting to "go 
to sleep" and I wondered if she would have ever woken up...