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Old 12-18-2010, 09:14 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Old 12-19-2010, 09:14 AM   #2 (permalink)
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It's normal to smell this through your A/C? I'm pretty sure that isn't true. Especially since I've had the car for over 20k miles and never had this problem until now. It's also extremely prominent in my garage after it's been parked, and again, I've never had this problem until recently.
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She's going to blow! j/k

I would check things that could of got overheated at the track like P/S fluid, transmission fluid, diff fluid etc. The fluids can have a slightly sulfurous smell that could be interpreted as being similar to propane. I overflowed the P/S fluid at a hot track event and the car smelled pretty bad for a couple of weeks.
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