Had my top up for the first time in about 3 years the other day. With the
top up I've always had an exhaust smell in the car. I haven't had the
hard top on for about 10 yrs., but I think I had the same problem with that.
So, what's the consensus of the cause? There are no exhaust leaks and the
tail pipe ends go just about to the edge of the bumper. The trunk lid has
the original rubber which isn't torn, but probably doesn't seal that well.
I figure the smell has to be coming in under the trunk lid, around the
bottom of the soft top or in through the windows that don't fit all that tight.
Years ago I actually sealed the area pretty well between the trunk and the
interior of the cars...removed the floppy piece of vinyl and put in thin
plywood covered with carpet. Also used fiberglass insulation and sealed all
the cracks. That didn't seem to help much. So, at that time my theory was
the smell must be coming in around the bottom of the top or around the
windows.
Do these things build up some kind of negative pressure inside the
passenger compartment?
Would sure like to get rid of that smell.
Mark L
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