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Posted 05 February 2012 - 10:57

Driving a 1.8 litre petrol Yeti. 3 months old and 3.5k on clock. Getting bad smell in cabin - rotting cabbage or other similar organic like smell. First happened after 3 back-to-back practice runs using auto reverse parallel park steering feature. Noticed engine running at 103 degrees temperture - bit hotter than usual 97 degrees. Am now noticing it every now and then. Hard to pinpoint a pattern, but seems to be when engine running a bit hotter than average - say when in very slow traffic. Seems some other threads suggesting it could be clutch? I mentioned it to dealership and they suggested that it was normal for cars with cataytic converters to be smelly sometimes. I'm not sure about this? Any ideas?

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Posted 05 February 2012 - 11:00

Might be better posted in the Yeti section, do you have a sunroof?

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Posted 05 February 2012 - 11:04

sorry everyone. posted this in wrong part of website and don't know hown to move it!

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Posted 05 February 2012 - 11:10

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Posted 05 February 2012 - 11:14

THANK YOU

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Posted 05 February 2012 - 11:16

View PostTech1e, on 05 February 2012 - 11:00, said:

Might be better posted in the Yeti section, do you have a sunroof?


Post now moved to Yeti forum! Yes, I do have a sun roof. Some connection?

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Posted 05 February 2012 - 16:35

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Yes, I do have a sun roof. Some connection?


Open it after eating baked beans???

Sorry. of no help as usual

However - I had something similar a couple of years ago. There was ahalf a dead pigeon under the bonnet courtesy of a pine martin.
Worth having a look in the boot, under the seats etc. to see if you've had an unwelcome visitor.

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Posted 06 February 2012 - 08:41

"Noticed engine running at 103 degrees temperture - bit hotter than usual 97 degrees."
I am not a technician so I'm probably way off the ball here but this is my third diesel Skoda and all of them have reached a max constant temp of 90 degrees. I never seen them stray beyond the 90 degree mark even in heavy traffic. Maybe it might be worth checking to see what temp other Yeti owners petrol engines normaly run at just to see if your's is running a bit hot. Again I'm probably way off the mark but worth a try.

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Posted 06 February 2012 - 08:59

Have you thought of a look at the pollen filter? If the drainage from the aircon has been obstructed it can be a source of pong?

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Posted 06 February 2012 - 10:23

I note no-one else has said it, but could it be your cat converter. They used to give a rotten eggs type smell.

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Posted 06 February 2012 - 16:39

And don't drive in bare feet again

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Posted 06 February 2012 - 18:20

View PostLlanigraham, on 06 February 2012 - 10:23, said:

I note no-one else has said it, but could it be your cat converter. They used to give a rotten eggs type smell.

The OP mentioned that his dealer had said it could be the cat. I've experienced sulphurous smells from a car's exhaust in the past as well (although IIRC neither of my last two petrol-engined cars did it). Might be a combination of a new cat and a particular brand of fuel?

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Posted 06 February 2012 - 18:37

Diesel is a new brand of fuel...

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Posted 06 February 2012 - 21:05

I think the rotten eggs problem was solved years ago ,when the sulphur was removed from petrol?

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Posted 07 February 2012 - 08:52

View Postfreedie, on 06 February 2012 - 18:37, said:

Diesel is a new brand of fuel...

I do sometimes fall in to the trap of thinking all Yetis are diesel, but the OP's Yeti is a 1.8 ie petrol.

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Posted 07 February 2012 - 10:05

Ah! But yours isn't! So sulphurous smells are part of our lives. What is a TDCi, by the way?

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Posted Yesterday, 10:43

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all of them have reached a max constant temp of 90 degrees.


I'd take 90 as being normal. In aviation temps., pressures, volts, etc. are always normal when the needle is vertically upright. Much easier to see a deviation in a quick scan.
This seems to have also become the norm in the car industry

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Posted Yesterday, 12:14

View Postfreedie, on 07 February 2012 - 10:05, said:

Ah! But yours isn't! So sulphurous smells are part of our lives. What is a TDCi, by the way?


Turbo Diesel Commonrail injection, thought you may have known that,being so knowledgeable.

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