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sweet smell...
recently when my car gets warm it smells really sweet. like something is cooking. kinda like sugar burning. i checked coolant and it's not leaking into my head (car only has 10k miles too) and i dun get why my car is smelling this way. one thing i can think of is i used california mother's clay bar and detailed it. may be my hood is getting hot and california mother sprays are burning off? any idea what that smell is coming from? i am just worried if it's my coolant leaking into my cylinder but i highly doubt that.
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i m not using any coolant meaning i didn't add any. my car only has 10k miles and coolant level is within the range. i didn't notice any coolant leaking though but i guess i will have to double check.
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definitely sounds like ethyl glycol... i know because my car is leaking anitfreeze... try putting some cardboard under the car when you park it.... also, does it smell inside the car when you turn the Air on?
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Originally Posted by Soul Coughing,Jun 14 2007, 11:47 PM
definitely sounds like ethyl glycol... i know because my car is leaking anitfreeze... try putting some cardboard under the car when you park it.... also, does it smell inside the car when you turn the Air on?
it's such a bitch to jack up my car to take a look underneath the car though. it's sitting only 3 inches from ground.
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thats what the cardboard is for... so you dont need to jack it up. If you do lift it up, look for a salty residue on parts of the car that might show where it has leaked from.
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Im guessing by the input under your name you have a MY00. The top and bottom of the S2000 radiator is plastic(just like most all honda radiators). Regardless of milage plastic deterates over time. Could be a VERY small crack in your radiator. Thats what happend to me. I could smell it but couldnt ever really find the leak. It finaly got bad enough i could see it dripping. I just bought an all aluminium koyo race radiator. Just somthing to consider.
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Originally Posted by RedAP1S2K,Jun 15 2007, 12:56 AM
Im guessing by the input under your name you have a MY00. The top and bottom of the S2000 radiator is plastic(just like most all honda radiators). Regardless of milage plastic deterates over time. Could be a VERY small crack in your radiator. Thats what happend to me. I could smell it but couldnt ever really find the leak. It finaly got bad enough i could see it dripping. I just bought an all aluminium koyo race radiator. Just somthing to consider.