Hi @Capt.Vibe, Thanks for your reply! I did run on a lean fuel mixed for probably a bit too long, so yes, I do think it would be the catalytic converters that are clogged, but the car is a 2005 with 285 000 km, so before thinking about investing in new cats, I would at least want to be certain that ...

Something else that I came up with as a potential explanation this weekend is the following. For a while, I had a problem with a lean fuel mix. An engine code like 071 or something like this. It took me a while to figure out what it was, and it ended up being an actual hole in the engine air filter....

Hi @joatmon, Thanks for the picture, this is exactly the seal I had in mind. As I said, it is stretched and form some sort of ware that makes it much less of a seal, and I will try to fix that to see if this fixed the issue and will let you know, but I feel it's been like that for so long before the...

Do you get the smell at those conditions but when the HVAC is set to recirculate? Have you looked at the integrity of the gasket under the hood between the engine compartment and the air intake at the bottom of the windshield? How is the cabin air filter? Thanks @joatmon for your quick reply! Ok, f...

How many miles/kms are on your car? I've replaced two of those spherical joint gaskets on two separate old cars in the past two years. Neither one had an exhaust odor I could detect in the cabin--the only symptom was noise, and I didn't do before/after leak tests. On the Vibe, it was the rear joint...

Hi Genvibers, I’m wondering if there are still some folks here. It used to be my main source of information when the time came to fix my Vibe, so hopefully some people are still here! 😊 I’m having a problem that I can’t manage to resolve myself and for which I’m now clueless, so I’m trying here if y...

Hi andrewclaus, Thanks for your reply! Sorry for the late reply, I'll have to review my setting because I haven't received any email notification... First, I thank you to let me know that the A/C will start on defrost mode, I didn't know that. This means that it's pretty sure it's the compressor. I ...

Hi genvibe community. I have been using this forum for years now but it's the first time I write a post. I used to find all information I needed from the current posts, but for my current problem, my researches so far haven't been successful, so I decided it was time for me to create a new post. Act...