stinky lcr in reverse.

[cupra_brown]

Had a quick search in the r section on this, but couldnt seem to find anything.

Basically, on my lcr, when you reverse, you get a horrid smell. just wondering if anyone else was getting this, or is my car just special........

 

[Willie]

Had a quick search in the r section on this, but couldnt seem to find anything.

Basically, on my lcr, when you reverse, you get a horrid smell. just wondering if anyone else was getting this, or is my car just special........

Not smelt anything in mine
Have you taken the handbrake off

 

[cupra_brown]

hand brake is definately off!

 

[cupra_brown]

someone posted they had this on a mk2 leon. couldnt find anything on mk 1's though.

 

[Rikko]

Now mate does it smell like rotten eggs if so it will be ur cat its ok it means its working fine mate nothing to worry about although never smelt it on mine but i have smelt it on other cars when reversing

Rikko

 

[cupra_brown]

nah, it definately aint the cat. have caught whiff of it a few times and that is def . rotten eggs!.

the smell i get is more like a metalic hot friction smell. Similiar smell you would get if you where using a grindette etc on steel. best i can explain it really. definately a metalic smell though.

could it be the clutch possible? if it was this, would it not do it in first also if it was slipping?

i,m lost.......

 

[Rikko]

Have u had any mods to the car and clutchy smell is more like cabbage well i think so anyways mate u dont hear anything knocking or rattling when driving the car do u

Rikko

 

[cupra_brown]

nah the car is totaly standard atm.
she drives perfect, apart from, what i believe, a slight bearing noise fromt he front wheels. Dont think they are shagged, just prehaps are not at their best. Its the very feint sort of noise you have to listen hard to hear.

 

[cupra_brown]

ohh and i have got creaky rear suspension, but then who aint in a lcr!

 

[Rikko]

It could be the bearin mate as its prob got no grease in it other than that mate i cant help u apart from telling u to start tuning

Rikko

Gud luck mate finding the problem

 

[cupra_brown]

cheers for your help m8.
surely someone else must have come across this prob in their lcr also?

 

[Big_daddy]

Just have your gearbox oil changed which may help! Yours could be low!

 

[cupra_brown]

might sound daft, but how do i check how low my gearbox oil is?

 

[coopra R]

I've had this...only when reversing up an incline (driveway)....horrid

It didn't take a lot of welly to do either...

I put it down to the clutch.....can't think of what else it could be !

 

[cupra_brown]

yes it definately does stink. did you manage to get it sorted ? or you still got the stink?

 

[coopra R]

Didn't do anything with it mate....doesn't do it everytime.

I figured that if it was the clutch, I would eventually get round to it, should it become a problem going forward..

sort of attitude !

If the problem were to become more than occasional..then I'll investigate !

I would reckon that we aren't the only ones who've had this problem though !

 

[cupra_brown]

i thought that also. must be mopre than 2 of us who have had / got this problem. ?.

 

[cupra r rob]

Ive smelt it once when i first got the lcr, i had to reverse back up a ramp in a ncp car park (bumper couldnt manage it). Sure your not just useing a bit too much cluch.

 

[em]

My mum's mondeo smells similar to that when she parks on my drive. (it's a steep incline). It's because she's giving it too much cluch. My LC doesn't do it.