I'm getting something like exhaust smell in the cabin when the heater is on. I've been getting the codes P0441, P0442,P0446 for the last two years and decided I wasn't going to try to chase down, fuel filler neck, cannister, purge valve, all that stuff. But this exhaust smell in the cabin is new. My mechanic put it up on a hoist and checked it out and said there some leaks near the catalytic converter, and a leak at the exhaust near the muffler.
Here's the question. It seems that the exhaust smell is only there when I have the heater on with the fan. When the heater is not on, and I'm just blowing air temp air into the cabin I don't smell exhaust.
Is the cabin heater somehow connected to the catalytic, so that leaks near the catalytic get into the vent system only when the heater is on?
How could a car manufacturer allow carbon monoxide etc to leak into the cabin of a passenger vehicle? How could that even be possible? [/size]