My car stinks when I have driven it for a while, like stinky hot smell.

I've changed the oil and just had new brakes (thinking it might be the new brakes being stinky )

I topped up the coolant tonight and see it's very froffy and with the radiator cap off steam/smoke is coming out of the radiator.

Reckon I should have the radiator flushed? Or could it be more problems?

Not sure when radiator was last cleaned out????

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1979 Leyland Moke (which is for sale)

probably your new brakes

Get the radiator flushed
and get someone to do a head gasket leak test

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I'll see how it goes tomorrow on the Mini run to Lorne, and get all the mentioned things checked next week. I would be happy to have the cooling system checked anyway with it being a new addition to my fleet and all, I'd like to know what has been done and what needs to be done.

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you may have a couple of issues here, but definitely, the radiator bit doesn't sound right at all. Smell may not be related to that but then again quite well could be.

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I'm not a mechanic but if you have a heater could it be a leak from the heater core inside the car which might be why you can smell it? Just a thought!

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My first mini blew a head gasket and threw a couple of welsh plugs. The engine cooked each time but it made funny sounds more than smell.

I would say your brakes are not adjusted properly (if they are drums) if you have a smell there all the time.

Daniel

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How old is the exhaust? New paint burning off? Any greasy hand prints on it?

Any greasy hand prints on the brake drums?

How long ago was the engine cleaned/degeased, with what, and how well was it rinsed?

Engine has lots of oils and crap on it. The smell has started to go away, a run to geelong helped and I changed the oil over the weekend too.

I will clean the engine this week, and have the radiator looked at too.

Thanks one and all.

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