May 23, 201015 yr Whenever I let my car warm up during the winter or if I leave the care running when I am stationary it smells like exhaust inside. What can I do about it?
May 24, 201015 yr Are there any rotted holes in the rear (Bottom of rear fenders, rear floor pan ect..) Are you running a full exhaust with muffler? If your running a straight pipe that isn't pipped out the rump roast end of the car, you will get exhaust smell pretty bad cause the fumes aren't being pushed out and away from the vehicle. -Tom
May 24, 201015 yr Not to mention that carbon monoxide is extremely bad for your health.... I'd be fixing that pretty soon
May 24, 201015 yr Author It was in a rear collision with the last owner, maybe it is the hatch. They killed the hatch pretty good, but it still openes and closes.
May 24, 201015 yr One very real possibility - the evaporative canister is so old and used up that it can't do its job anymore. That will definitely give the area around & in your car the aroma of exhuast fumes. Very unhealthy exhaust fumes. If the canister has never been replaced, it's time.
May 25, 201015 yr where might I find that? It will be on the left side (When looking at the engine bay) its a black canister with 3 vac hoses going to it. its right by the filler cap for the window washer fluid.
May 25, 201015 yr You can't fix them, only replace. Trying to fix one amounts to trying to get some more life out of the ink cartridge on a printer, only with the results not nearly as good. Some people pull a used one off a parts car but that is only a stop-gap measure, not a fix. They're not like spark plugs or air filters, etc., either, only meant to last for a short time (comparatively speaking). The canister - if that's the source of your fumes - will last many tens of thousands of miles. My car started getting "smelly" well after 100K miles. Replacing the original canister took care of that immediately.
May 26, 201015 yr You're lucky. Most old Subarus start to smell like well-worn sweat socks and 3 day old salmon.
May 26, 201015 yr You're lucky. Most old Subarus start to smell like well-worn sweat socks and 3 day old salmon.
August 31, 201015 yr Um ... is the hose that hangs off the bottom of the canister supposed to connect to something? Mines just hanging there all lost and lonely. I don't see anything within reach thats missing a hose. Vent to atmosphere maybe? edit: looks like it fits into a hole on the body. Vent to Atmosphere it is! Edited August 31, 201015 yr by BuddhaRoadkill
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