Smelly D4 when starting in garage

[dukemasterpro]

Wondering if any of you notice a really noxious smell when starting the engine in a garage / enclosed space??
Reason being previous D4 2.7 was fine to start in my garage eg maybe pull forward a meter or 2 to fit a bike rack ( starting, moving then engine off & with garage roller door and rear garage access door open ). The new 3l is so different as when you do this it's an overpowering and I don't think healthy to breathe in. Is it specific to the newer models or larger engine OR does it simply need a tune, surprising as it's only a couple of months old. Will obviously ask when the health check is due at the dealer but if anyone has noticed the same and found a solution that would be good to know.

[nat_89]

Mine smells to not sure how to describe it but yeah don't think any diesel fumes are good to breathe in weather you can smell them or not!!

[RHS58]

Yes quite fumey.
Not like any other diesel I've had.
I figure different burn parameters at cold start up.

[WhiteD3]

I would agree. The SDV6 definitely smells while the D4 2.7 it replaced did not.

Wondering if any of you notice a really noxious smell when starting the engine in a garage / enclosed space??
Reason being previous D4 2.7 was fine to start in my garage eg maybe pull forward a meter or 2 to fit a bike rack ( starting, moving then engine off & with garage roller door and rear garage access door open ). The new 3l is so different as when you do this it's an overpowering and I don't think healthy to breathe in. Is it specific to the newer models or larger engine OR does it simply need a tune, surprising as it's only a couple of months old. Will obviously ask when the health check is due at the dealer but if anyone has noticed the same and found a solution that would be good to know.

[RobA]

Yep noticed a bit of overfuelling at cold start up but no big deal it dissipates quickly. But if you are doing a lot of short running and the cat doesn't get hot enough then they do get worse on the nose. So a good run along a freeway or over 80kph for 30 minutes or so seems to clear the issue if it happens to us but rarely as we tow a lot and every weekend almost is a trip or some sort of 4WDriving which means we get the whole mechanical side quite loaded up

Rob

[Canaussie]

Possibly the smell of the diesel particulate filter if fitted?? Diesel particulate is a know carcinogen s try to avoid fumes where possible

[Graeme]

Its caused by the catalytic converter.

[dukemasterpro]

Yep noticed a bit of overfuelling at cold start up but no big deal it dissipates quickly. But if you are doing a lot of short running and the cat doesn't get hot enough then they do get worse on the nose. So a good run along a freeway or over 80kph for 30 minutes or so seems to clear the issue if it happens to us but rarely as we tow a lot and every weekend almost is a trip or some sort of 4WDriving which means we get the whole mechanical side quite loaded up



Rob

Normally a lot of short trips around the city, even less now I'm riding the pushy to work.

[Redback]

Normally a lot of short trips around the city, even less now I'm riding the pushy to work.

That's something you need to stop doing, that is not good for the DPF, and leads to problems with them, they need a good run to burn the particutes, if they build up (and they will) it can lead to a replacement, which is not cheap, take it for a drive every couple of days, the longer the better, but 30mins minimum.

Baz.

[Meccles]

Our SDV6 2013 RRS was also fuming and smelly at start up. Was the turbo drain. Even though it was known issue when car was built LR still built car with original design drain pipes. Ended up having to have not only new drains installed but all filter pipework etc as this was oil contaminated. Something also to check and consider. If car show's any sign of blue smoke on initial start up, then report that to your dealer. Ours had 15000K on it only. Once new design drains were fitted, all pipework clean, and good hard run to clean exhausts, now seems fine. No smell. Car now at 33K