Exhaust Smells

[Guest tarzan1]

Hi all, ive just bought a C5 2.0 hdi vtr estate 03 plate and iam worried about strange smells coming from the exhaust, ive phoned the last owner and he said it is normal as the car is fitted with some kind of valve on the exhaust, the car seems to drive ok, not the fastest car ive driven but it is a heavy car! also the blower switch only works on max setting. please help!! have i bought a bad 1 ?

[coastline taxis]

If you do a search on this forum about the heater youl see that its a cheap and easy fix and well within the scope of a diyer. The smell is it just when you first start it up and does it smell of eggs

[Guest tarzan1]

Hi, Thanks for your quick reply, ill have a look for the heater control problem,Thanks. The smell, well its hard to describe, you notice it more when you are on tick over, its not an egg smell more like a plastic smell, not sure!Maybe i need to see the doc to get my nose checked out. Its probably fine, just never smelt exhaust fumes that strong befor. The car is a bit lumpy on idle though!

Once again Thanks for the reply.

[paul.h]

have you looked under the bonnet for any loose/holed hoses giving out fumes ?

[coastline taxis]

Have a quick look at the exhaust to see if it hasnt got a plastic bag round it.

[Guest tarzan1]

Thanks guys for all your help. ive now had the car checked at the garage and they said the smells were normal, Just me being paranoid!