Defender 110 200tdi strong egg/gas smell

Skolmate · Aug 13, 2024

This started a couple of weeks ago. I need to put a bulkhead on her as there's plenty of holes in the bulkhead.
Consequently if I gas it heavily I can smell exhaust which is why I'm thinking this is the culprit for this new smell. I gotta say it's like a really special lingering meat fart which doesn't go away until you shut the engine off. Sometimes it's more of a propane gassy smell. This is whether in idle or driving. I'm on a 2 week holiday with the family and it's becoming an issue.
I'm pretty sure the exhaust manifold has started leaking also due to sorting, don't know if this is connected.
Any ideas?
TIA

tottot · Aug 13, 2024

That manifold leak will do it. Keep windows open, get some gaffer tape over holes. Sort issue as soon as possible.

Skolmate · Aug 13, 2024

tottot said:
That manifold leak will do it. Keep windows open, get some gaffer tape over holes. Sort issue as soon as possible.

Is it just the gas from the manifold or is something blocked? I ask because how come it doesn't smell like that at the back end? It's a straight through pipe

DanClarke · Aug 13, 2024

Dead rodent in the heater box?

tottot · Aug 13, 2024

I once had an awful smell in my Ninety that came now and then, it was a right mystery until one day I saw tomcat peeing into the heater vent on the wing!

boguing · Aug 13, 2024

Rotten eggs is Sulphur related - worth checking the battery?

R-Two-D2 · Aug 13, 2024

Used to notice that smell from car exhausts when they first introduced catalytic converters (mid 1990's)- some were worse than others.
Never seem to get that any more...
Does your truck have a catalyst box? might be damaged, maybe delete it?

Hicap phill · Aug 13, 2024

boguing said:
Rotten eggs is Sulphur related - worth checking the battery?

Check the voltage at the battery incase the alternator is over charging.

Skolmate · Aug 14, 2024

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Hicap phill said:
Check the voltage at the battery incase the alternator is over charging.

Starter battery is fine but sniffing around the leisure has uncovered the culprit. Only 5 months old. Split charge setup delivering 14.74 v into it. Is that too high?

Skolmate · Aug 14, 2024

Leisure battery is smelling. 14.76v coming in from split charger. Disconnect the +ve and -ve smell stops. Bit of Leakage as seen in photo

R-Two-D2 · Aug 14, 2024

Don't breathe-in battery acid fumes.... google that.

14.76v is OK when bulk-charging a drained battery, but ideally -
At some point it should drop to around 13. 3v and trickle / float charge at a lower rate.
If it isn't, maybe something is wrong with either the battery or with the charge system.

Is the split charger meant to do a smart-charge to both batteries at the same time? :vb-confused2:

Hicap phill · Aug 14, 2024

Skolmate said:
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Starter battery is fine but sniffing around the leisure has uncovered the culprit. Only 5 months old. Split charge setup delivering 14.74 v into it. Is that too high?

Too high for charging.
What system have you got for the split charge?

What is the car battery charging at?

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