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Old 12-23-2000, 06:20 PM
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Exhaust smell strong

I was wondering if any of yall could help me out. While driving i can smell the exhaust really bad, it makes the interior and my clothes smell like exhaust. Any of yall have any ideas of what could be wrong?
Old 12-24-2000, 12:18 AM
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dont know where its comming from... you cant hear a leak anywhere? my 83 used to do that.. there was no audible leak, cept i knew when i got out i smelled like exhaust. im not sure where it comes from, it happened in my brother in law's 84 camaro too
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You have an exhaust leak somewhere. Did you put headers on? The leak is most likely to the front of the passenger compartment.

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