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Sweet smell?

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My car smells sweet almost like antifreeze I checked everything and it seems fine, no overheating, no leaks, just a weird smell any ideas? You can smell it as soon as you enter the garage.
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Don't know what it is but both of mine have had the same smell.
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I think I might have smelled that once or twice, don't know what it is
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Small heater core leak?
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red95gts wrote:Small heater core leak?
Thinking the same.
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BrettT 93|03 wrote:
red95gts wrote:Small heater core leak?
Thinking the same.
x3, I've changed a heater core and it smells even outside the car
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RollTide93 wrote:
BrettT 93|03 wrote:
red95gts wrote:Small heater core leak?
Thinking the same.
x3, I've changed a heater core and it smells even outside the car
Yeah, I bypassed my heater for a bit on my black car before I got around to changing it and didn't make a difference with the smell. Pretty sure it's not an antifreeze smell.
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Some new tires have a funny smell
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check your ac. it might have a leak. the freon smells kinda sweet to me.
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and if your ac doesnt blow cold or cool, you have a leak. freon never wears out but parts do that cause a leak.
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