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My car is trying to kill me ... blower motors blow exhaust at me...

Old May 23, 2002 | 09:27 AM
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My car is trying to kill me ... blower motors blow exhaust at me...

Whenever I use my vents, heat, AC or defog, it blows exhaust ridden air at me...

How can I fix this?

It was really horrible in the winter when I had a friend in the car and we were trying to stay warm, and I just couldn't stand sitting in one place with the vents blowing at me, it smelled so horribly, I experimented and it does it in all the conrtol positions, this needs to be fixed...
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Old May 23, 2002 | 10:10 AM
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You've got an exhaust leak under the hood somewhere.
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Old May 24, 2002 | 09:05 AM
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And if you do have an exhaust leak under the hood, you probably also have a leak at the cowl seal at the rear edge of the hood. That should prevent any underhood air from entering the HVAC intake:


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Old May 24, 2002 | 06:15 PM
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You could also have an exhaust leak and a broken heater box.
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Old May 26, 2002 | 01:11 PM
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Wonderful, I know I had an exhaust leak under there, still, I guess I'll have that taken care of...
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