Burny smell by water pump, I'm flummoxed.....

lynall · Feb 18, 2018

kevstar said:
You must have been a Vauxhall fan lol............
It may be not everyone's taste but I managed to get 300bhp out of a 1600cc engine.. not all show & no go

Nah just never been a hot hatch fan of any kind.
I see modded cars and think that looks nice, BUT when they get to a few years old they alwasy end up looking scabby and crap.

lynall · Feb 18, 2018

steveo said:
I will, but its the other side , just in front of the water pump.....

What about remove the timing cover round inspection plate and have a sniff there just to confirm its not the cambelt?

If thats okay I would remove the alternator and again having a sniff at that, new doesnt always make it right, when alt is off also giving all the pulleys a good spin.

steveo · Feb 18, 2018

lynall said:
What about remove the timing cover round inspection plate and have a sniff there just to confirm its not the cambelt?

If thats okay I would remove the alternator and again having a sniff at that, new doesnt always make it right, when alt is off also giving all the pulleys a good spin.

pulleys are all good, I did that yesterday. Todays plan is as you suggest, then poke up the wading plug hole too see what I find. Timing cover won't come away enough to see behind it without pulley removal

steveo · Feb 18, 2018

So, it turns out you can get the timing cover away a bit without lower pulley removal. No smell from the crack and I think it looks okay.

With the engine cold, you can still smell the smell, so I will change back to the old alternator next week, as I ran out of time today. The wiring looks fine, although its a swine to get back in the sheath!

steveo · Feb 24, 2018

So, update:

New alternator off, held up to the nose (my nose, not the dogs). No abnormal smell, although it did feel warm after a 2 mile drive home from work.

Pull out the wiring, same procedure, no smell.

Rummage around coolant pipes to find 2 stuck together - the bypass hose and the heater return pipe . Big sniff time, like celeb on cocaine, and it smells!

The return hose is perished, so for about a fiver, I will replace it

lynall · Feb 24, 2018

steveo said:
So, update:

New alternator off, held up to the nose (my nose, not the dogs). No abnormal smell, although it did feel warm after a 2 mile drive home from work.

Pull out the wiring, same procedure, no smell.

Rummage around coolant pipes to find 2 stuck together - the bypass hose and the heater return pipe . Big sniff time, like celeb on cocaine, and it smells!

The return hose is perished, so for about a fiver, I will replace it

Nice cheap fixes are always the best

steveo · Feb 24, 2018

turns out, its a bodge job by the previous owner, what a surprise

While the hose thats perished looks separate, its an addition to the main lower coolant hose. This explains the cable tie holding it to the intercooler hose. Moved it away a bit, but a new lower hose will be purchased. Bearmach is £30, so still a win.

steveo · Mar 17, 2018

Update: set of coolant hoses fitted today. Unfortunately, with the hoses off, the smell is still there

Theres not really anything there to be smelly. But heres a pic of the manifold. Leaky? Its bit of a rubbish pic. I've cleaned it all off, so time will tell

mick the builder · Mar 18, 2018

Youre right, it is a rubbish pic!

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