Syrup smell???

[sjbsuperman1425]

my g/f and i noticed a smell of the syrup type under the hood today. there is no white smoke out of the exhaust, it doesn't smell like that back there, and the car runs fine. no signs of leaks anywhere except for the connector i put in to bypass the heater core. i did recently take the turbo off and coolant dripped onto the turbo and the crossmember below..could this be the source of the smell?

[mbmbmb23]

Thats the smell of coolant. Usually you will smell it when your heater has a slight leak and the smell comes out your vents.

[wynnEZ]

No need for two threads man.

[sjbsuperman1425]

Thats the smell of coolant. Usually you will smell it when your heater has a slight leak and the smell comes out your vents.

no heat or AC.

sorry for the two threads..i posted in here and then thought i'd probably get more results in the other one. sorry..

[rico05]

Underhood coolant leak. A bad hose, connection or headgasket in the worst case.

[sjbsuperman1425]

i found a hose with a small crack in it today where i bypassed the heater core. i think this is my source of leak, as im not losing alot of coolant, and i dont have the tell-tale signs of a headgasket leak.

[rico05]

There ya go man.