Car smells after hitting the gas?
04-24-15, 05:49 PM
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Car smells after hitting the gas?
So I tried to search this on the forums and I didn't see anything. First of all this is my first Lexus so I don't know if this is normal or not. There is this empty road where I like to go fast just before I get to my house. However when I do decide to have some fun, when I get home and put the car in the garage, there is this unpleasant odor coming from the car but I don't know where. Also I am just at 9,000 miles right now and its a 2014 is250 F sport. Any inputs?
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04-24-15, 08:32 PM
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So I tried to search this on the forums and I didn't see anything. First of all this is my first Lexus so I don't know if this is normal or not. There is this empty road where I like to go fast just before I get to my house. However when I do decide to have some fun, when I get home and put the car in the garage, there is this unpleasant odor coming from the car but I don't know where. Also I am just at 9,000 miles right now and its a 2014 is250 F sport. Any inputs?
It is normal when you abuse a car (beat on it) when new that you will smell things. When I got mine new I had a rotten sort of smell from the engine when beating on it. After 10k miles it went away. I spoke to lexus and they said its perfectly normal. If you are referring to possibly a rotten egg smell Im assuming your beating on it as well and that would be your catalytic converter and exhuast producing that smell. Again that is normal. If you are ever behind someone on the highway that floors the car and speeds away you sometimes get a whifff of that.
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It is normal when you abuse a car (beat on it) when new that you will smell things. When I got mine new I had a rotten sort of smell from the engine when beating on it. After 10k miles it went away. I spoke to lexus and they said its perfectly normal. If you are referring to possibly a rotten egg smell Im assuming your beating on it as well and that would be your catalytic converter and exhuast producing that smell. Again that is normal. If you are ever behind someone on the highway that floors the car and speeds away you sometimes get a whifff of that.
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