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Nomad
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Sun Feb 13, 2005 6:25 pm Post subject:
98 Windstar - Smells of Oil from the blower vents. |
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I'm getting this oil smell from the blower vents.When I'm idling its worse.
Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
Nomad
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pick one
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Sun Feb 13, 2005 9:18 pm Post subject:
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Find and fix the oil leak, the smell will then stop.
"Nomad" <pjr99@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | I'm getting this oil smell from the blower vents.When I'm idling its worse.
Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
Nomad
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Backyard Mechanic
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Tue Feb 15, 2005 3:21 am Post subject:
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Nomad opined in news:CyIPd.513$QR.16344@news20.bellglobal.com:
| Quote: | I'm getting this oil smell from the blower vents.When I'm idling its worse.
Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
Nomad
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And inspect that rubber gasket strip that's supposed to mate with the hood
carefully
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- Yes, I'm a crusty old geezer curmudgeon.. deal with it! -
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Tue Feb 15, 2005 8:25 pm Post subject:
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Do you think his hood gasket might be blown?
I've heard they go sometimes.
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Nomad
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Fri Feb 18, 2005 4:57 pm Post subject:
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Hood gasket??? LOL
BTW: the smell is still there and it's getting worse. I don't understand
how. I see no visible leak and the blower assembly is somewhat sealed. Still
confused.
Nomad
| Quote: | Do you think his hood gasket might be blown?
I've heard they go sometimes.
Doh!
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Sat Feb 19, 2005 5:16 am Post subject:
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"Nomad" <pjr99@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Hood gasket??? LOL
BTW: the smell is still there and it's getting worse. I don't understand how.
I see no visible leak and the blower assembly is somewhat sealed. Still
confused.
Have you looked from underneath? By that I mean put the vehicle on jack stands |
and get under it to have a look.
The HVAC system will get some air from the engine compartment, so if there is a
smell it will put it in the vehicle.
| Quote: | Nomad
Do you think his hood gasket might be blown?
I've heard they go sometimes.
Doh!
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Backyard Mechanic
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Sat Feb 19, 2005 6:56 am Post subject:
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Nomad opined
...the blower assembly is somewhat sealed.
What does that mean?
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Nomad
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Sat Feb 19, 2005 7:51 am Post subject:
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| Quote: | Nomad opined
..the blower assembly is somewhat sealed.
Still confused.
What does that mean?
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Maybe 'pick one' has a point. I'll bring it to the local garage and hoist
it. Maybe there's something leaking that's out of site.
I'll check the "HVAC" system like you said.
What I meant was the housing can only suck air from one location and not
from anywhere else (except from within the compartment). I thought this
forum was to help each other and not criticize what we type. Once a geezer
always a geezer :).
I don't smell Prestone...just oil....so that may rule out a Core
leak...incase oil is getting into the cooling system.
Keep them coming.
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Sat Feb 19, 2005 6:29 pm Post subject:
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"Nomad" <pjr99@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Nomad opined
..the blower assembly is somewhat sealed.
Still confused.
What does that mean?
Maybe 'pick one' has a point. I'll bring it to the local garage and hoist it.
Maybe there's something leaking that's out of site.
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What do you mean maybe? If all you did was look from the hood opening and maybe
from trying to look from the sides, you have not really done a proper
inspection.
| Quote: | I'll check the "HVAC" system like you said.
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What is too check? It's clear it works correctly.
| Quote: | What I meant was the housing can only suck air from one location and not from
anywhere else (except from within the compartment). I thought this forum was
to help each other and not criticize what we type. Once a geezer always a
geezer :).
I don't smell Prestone...just oil....so that may rule out a Core leak...incase
oil is getting into the cooling system.
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If you had a core leak other symptoms would be evident, like constantly loosing
coolant, discolored AC condensate. If oil were getting in the coolant a lot of
other symptoms would manifest. Prehaps you are getting critized because you are
not using any real logic in your quest for finding the root cause of your
problem.
| Quote: | Keep them coming.
Nomad
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