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Car problem
tails
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So I recently bought a turd of a car which I had hoped would be trouble free until xmas.

When I press the accelerator pedal any more than a third there is this acrid smell. Any ideas? The handbrake is disengaged! 😉

The car in question is a ford ka, so I’m not expecting anything fast but I’d like it to be useable.

Posted 9 years ago

the-muffin-man
Full Member

Any ideas?

Dead badger in the footwell?

Posted 9 years ago

molgrips
Free Member

I hired a Ka once, it stank of fumes so I returned it. Apparently, the crank-case ventilation hose perishes and cracks really easily, letting oily stuff drip onto the exhaust manifold where it gets hot and stinks the car out.

Maybe worth checking?

Posted 9 years ago

tails
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I’ll have a look but I know very little about cars!

Posted 9 years ago

rickmeister
Full Member

Is it a drive by wire and the rheostat under the accelerator pedal is burnt, shorting, failing ?

Posted 9 years ago

tails
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It’s more akin to a flintstone car!

Posted 9 years ago

reluctantwrinkly
Free Member

Slipping clutch?-do the engine revs rise without any increase in speed?
Can smell like burning insulation.

Posted 9 years ago

tails
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Yeah the revs rise, but it’s a 1.3 ka so revs a lot anyway

Posted 9 years ago

retro83
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tails – Member

Yeah the revs rise, but it’s a 1.3 ka so revs a lot anyway
Posted 22 seconds ago # Report-Post

He means like this (speedo hardly moves):

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijhrDgxRweM[/video]

Posted 9 years ago