truck engine compartment smells like body odor/onions?!

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02-18-2009, 06:12 PM

yuNIT

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Traced the smell, it's coming from the crankcase breather. I ran a longer hose to the back of the truck for now. I have about 5k on my oil, Rotella 5w-40 Synthetic, guess I don't run my truck hard enough to burn off the stink; my oil looks like I just changed it too.

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02-18-2009, 06:45 PM

Mr. Miyagi

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Ah, the lovely "Rosmella" Rotella smell...

It's worse when the oil is freshly changed....

Valvoline Premium Blue stinks as well.

Delo & Delvac not quite as much, FME...

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02-18-2009, 08:40 PM

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Hmmm weird... I know the "Rotella smell" and it doesn't stink like BO imo... But I'm gonna extend the breather to see what that does. Thanks for the update!