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    Stinky Heater

    before i bought my car it had been sat 4 a while and also had been smoked in by previous owner, whenever i put the heater on hot it stinks but there is no definitive smell just it smells rank is there any way 2 get rid off this, eg replacing heater matrix cheers

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    Try draining all the coolant out and run a hose pipe through to clean as much crap out as possible. May help but might not eliminate the odour completely

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    my old gt smelt of curry when i had the heater on, i drained the coolent and it helped budge it ALOT

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    yeah mine stinks of tikka i swear lol

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    nice 1 will try that hopefully will work

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