Stinking Smell

[Tigger]

I just picked the car up from having the 70k/10 year belt change yesterday and it stinks of rotten eggs when driving it :dead:

Smell goes away with the aircon on after a run on the motorway but comes back again

Now what's wrong?

 

[Tigger]

Anyone able to shed some light?

Could it be sheer coincidence or has someone potentialy made a balls of the timing?

 

[Daniel]

Rotten eggs is the cat smelling. It gets red hot on a motorway run hence why it stops smelling.

I can't say of its timing related or not as I wash. Are for a living so I'm not intelligent enough.

 

[Inequality Street]

Didn't have a few eggs for breaky?

 

[Tigger]

Just trying to eliminate possibilities
First thing K-Tec asked me when I rang them was if the timing had been adjusted latley

It's got a K-Tec Supersport recessed & K-Tec sport cat if it makes any difference too

 

[Dan@SJM]

My first thoughts are to check the timing.

 

[MicKPM]

Is it miss firing or not running right? It's easy to blame timing over the phone without seeing the car.

 

[Tigger]

Not misfiring - seems to be a little noisy on idle but that could be in my head.
Would need to hear a healthy 1*2 engine to compare

 

[Tigger]

Not misfiring - seems to be a little noisy on idle but that could be in my head.
Would need to hear a healthy 1*2 engine to compare

Here's a healthy engine

[video=youtube_share;KDeti0tN1Sc]http://youtu.be/KDeti0tN1Sc[/video]

And mine at the moment

[video=youtube_share;a4LldsENmVA]http://youtu.be/a4LldsENmVA[/video]

 

[Tigger]

Any opinions welcome, Renault now say the dephaser needs done, when I had asked them to check the condition of it while the belts were being replaced.

Their mechanic claims the condition of the dephaser can't be diagnosed

 

[Dan@SJM]

That dephaser is fucked. The mechanic should've known that when he drove it in to the workshop

 

[Daniel]

That dephaser is f**ked. The mechanic should've known that when he drove it in to the workshop

I'd be inclined to suggest that the 'mechanic' in question needs a change of career because vehicle diagnostics are not his thing!

 

[Dan@SJM]

Flol@ the name change!

 

[MicKPM]

Their mechanic claims the condition of the dephaser can't be diagnosed

Tell him to read the f**king manual then because there's an entire page devoted to just that!

There's no way the timing will be right or would've been right when manually rolling the pulleys to check with that dephaser. Improper job done I'd say.

 

[Tigger]

Tell him to read the f**king manual then because there's an entire page devoted to just that!

There's no way the timing will be right or would've been right when manually rolling the pulleys to check with that dephaser. Improper job done I'd say.

Just home from collecting the car - it's that quiet on idle I thought I had stalled it sitting in traffic!

All normality has been restored and I actually like driving it again

 

[Xanda73]

So they re-did the belt again for free and you've just had to pay for the dephaser?

 

[Tigger]

So they re-did the belt again for free and you've just had to pay for the dephaser?

Yeah pretty-much, the dephaser and just under 1 hour labour