^^ dittoMy Skyline smells like a petrol refinery most of the time!
when you say you can smell petrol, do you mean raw fuel?
or the smell of the excess fuel thats coming out of the exhaust?
its the sign of a shagged lambda, shagged AFM, leaky fuel pipe, poor octane etc but not a shagged engine....a shagged engine is the result of ignoring the smellI've noticed this recently - but only after I had a new downpipe and de-cat fitted??
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I only notice it with Optimax - If I run BP or ESSO higher octane fuels I don't get any smell. It was the exact same when I had my Corrado de-catted - and only with Optimax (I personally think that optimax smells a bit like cat pee - used to think I had a cat secretly pissing on my car through the night!)
Also only really notice it while car is on choke when first started in the morning or when reversing into a parking space - but only when the window is open.
TFS - you've started getting me worried - is this really the signs of a sh*gged engine??
mine is totally decatted, and yep i get the same its just with V-power