Ok so i was wheelin in Boulder and came down on a rock and got a inch gash in my radiator. I got some fix-a-leak stuff and it held for the trip back up to fort collins. once i got here my roommate welded it together and now when i drive it it has a really rich smell coming from the exhast i think. what could this be...
Thanks
Bobby

 

bump to gettin this figured out!! lol

 

bumpy

 

Rich smell of what? Fuel or coolant? I'd install a new radiator if I were you

 

i think its coolant a smell

 

Does it smell sweet?

 

yes it sure does

 

Damn, well was it smelling wierd before you went wheeling? Don't know how you could blow a head gasket by gashing your radiator, unless you screw it up by welding it.

 

no it didn't smell at all before wheeling and i didn't wheel hard at all. how bad is a head gasket replacement... am i screwed lol

 

Check you oil for coolant, and do a compression check first.

 

how would i tell if there is coolant in my oil. i checked it already and it didn't look different. and can i do a compresion check myself...

 

bump... how can i tell if my head gasket is blown and can gashing my radiator do it...

 

I don't know how bashing your radiator could do it? Take a look at the oil fill cap. See if there's a white residue on the inside if it? Check the stick and see if your over full, or residue of water? Check the rad. to see if the coolant looks contaminated. Drain your oil? Compression check? Vacuum test cooling system? There's a bunch of ways to check. Start with the easy. Good luck.

 

Did you get coolant blown back onto the engine and exhaust? If so, you are probably just burning it off, hence the smell. It's pretty doubtful that your head gasket went because of the radiator bash (although this does not rule out the possible circumstance that it went at around the same time).

I'd start by looking for coolant on the engine block that looks like it might have gotten blown there by the engine fan.

 

you know what i think that is what is happening!!! lol thank you so much for bringing that to my attention. the hose at the bottom of the radiator did bust off the radiator and went ALL OVER my engine. lol i think you just saved me a lotta money checkin into this!!!
I JUST SAVED A LOT OF MONEY BY LISTENING TO BREKNRAJ!!!
lol thanks a lot!!

 

He probably stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night. Seriously - I almost rolled mine a couple of weeks ago. Had the inclinometer maxed out to port. Afterwards we had a funky smell. Windshield fluid spilled out of its bottle onto the hot radiator. Anytime you have a bad stuck or you get at really crazy angles you need to double check all your fluids.