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RSMTR8

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Wondering if anyone else has this issue. After a day of enjoying my TR8, when I go home and put the car back in the garage, I have to leave the garage door up for an hour. Why you ask? Well, the only way I can explain it is that it is like a HEAT SMELL, not exhaust fumes or anything like that, just from the actual heat of the engine or exhaust i guess! Just curious. My 8 does not have A/C, never did, so it does not have the electric cooling fans......but after an hour, the smell is gone......Thanks!


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Please, I have that smell on me all day. I have to change the 8's parking pad once every three months from all the little oil leaks it has. I assume the smell is the engine burning off all the different leak's drops off
 
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I don't have that problem. But of course my TR8 has to sit outside right now while my TR6 enjoys the posh lifestyle of having a garage. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
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Could be, but I have to say, I have no leaks on the car that I am AWARE of, in others words no spots on my floor ever! Had the last oil leak fixed about 6 months ago......but I am sure there could be some real small ones that burn after the car is tuned off?!

Rod
 
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I have a power steering leak (drops), a drip or two from the clutch line, a leak near the rear seal, and a valve cover that is leaking. I owe it to the 8 spending two year sitting in the garage not moving and only rarely starting. Will probably take two more years to fix all the leaks
 
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Have you installed new High Temperature gaskets anywhere lately? That would be a source of the smell.

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Even my modern cars give off a smell when parked after a hot ride...I think it's because I have them oil sprayed every year so as the oil build up on the bottom of the car gets hot it gives off that smell. I kinda like the smell, my Camaro is by far the worst...Even if it's in the driveway.
 
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It is part of the Triumph Charm
 
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Thanks for all the feedback, I just wanted to make sure that it was not just me...........Leaving the garahe door up for an hour is not that big a deal. I was just curious if there might be a problem, but I am going to asuume that it is nothing out of the oridnary for a 26 year old TR8.

Thanks!
 
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Do TR8's have a catalytic converter?
Those things can get real hot when they get old and full of built up hydrocarbons.
 
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