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Some may say whats the problem? but when you put your heater on hot on you constantly get a chinese type smell although i think its more burning like its not very nice!!! any one have any ideas where i can start to track down the cause of this smell?
cheers
Luke
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Heater Smells Like Chinese (weird)
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Posted 12 October 2008 - 05:19 PM
mmmm chinese 
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Posted 12 October 2008 - 08:07 PM
Mine does it for about 30 secs then goes. If you find out what it is, please let me know!!
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Posted 12 October 2008 - 08:21 PM
Matt's car smells like Chinese right now, but that's cos he went out to collect one for tea 
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Posted 12 October 2008 - 09:19 PM
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Posted 13 October 2008 - 05:08 PM
lol i dont wana b put of chinese by smelling it too much tho!!! plus it makes you hungry lol ive been told pollen filter but mine is new and clean as a whistle, my hcv is fine and dandy too the only other thing ive been told to do is clean my Air con system with some cleaning fluid that you can get from motor shops so will give that ago me thinx
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Posted 13 October 2008 - 06:51 PM
Mine is fine with the air con on so it isn't that. It's a real acrid smell which cuts into the back of your throat. I put it down to oil spray burning when I forgot to replace the oil filler cap. It did it all the time I had the heater on 'hot' but it only does it for about 30 secs now then disappears.
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Posted 13 October 2008 - 07:55 PM
My heater smells of burning when i turn it up high, worried bout this!!!!! Any ideas???
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Posted 17 October 2008 - 06:30 PM
the chinese smell would be your clutch master cylinder leaking brake fluid from the clutch pedal area. Best way to tell is to get under there with a light and the area around pedal will probably be damp. Mine is real bad atm, to the point its leaking down onto the exhaust and burning 
They cost about £48 to replace and are quite easy to do, so dont panic. But yyea, the seals go
They cost about £48 to replace and are quite easy to do, so dont panic. But yyea, the seals go
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Posted 21 October 2008 - 09:53 PM
Yep, I had the Chinese smell, very shortly later the HCV water connection disintergrated leaking coolant over the exhaust.
Luckily I was stopped in traffic & noticed the steam before any real damage done. Probably would'nt have realised if say on a motorway until the car siezed.
So you might all like to check the HCV is operating OK & that the water connections to it are all sound....
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