Toxic Fumes in Car - help
 

I'm driving and smell almost odorless fumes coming from the engine. I checked the oil level/psteering level and all is good. On my way on an 800 mile drive I smelled something and found out I was low about 2 quarts of oil. Fixed that.

Now I'm about 1 quart overfilled. Is this bad? I accidently spilled a little oil outside the oil chute because I had no funnel, could this be attributing to the smell 3 days later?

Tonight I had a headache and I'm not driving the car anymore until I take it to jiffy lube or some dealer. The temp gauge was always fine, even when I had low oil...weird. Power on the freeway seems to fluctuate and today the tranny seemed to be shifting a little hard.

Is this a tranny omen and what is that smell? I didn't have the vents on or AC and had all the windows down.

PS- I can almost tell you for a fact its carbon monoxide just by the quick symptoms I felt while driving and afterwards. I'm kind of scared to drive it to jiffy lube without a gas mask.

Also, I want to say that I had the exhaust manifold underneath the car in front of the muffler removed as it was bad. Could this also be part of my problem?

it sounds like an exhaust leak near the headers wher they connect 2-1 i think. definatly take it somewhere to have it check out. do not drive it anywhere else!!! exhaust fumes are oderless...also check for holes in your floor pans that would let in fumes

I just drove this car like 1000 miles with an exhaust leak...

You have a leak in your exhaust somewhere underneath the car. Could be anywhere.

What is this going to cost to fix roughly? 500$? New exhaust pipes?

Try to pinpoint the leak(s) first man!

Any exhaust shop worth a dang should be able to find the leak for you free of charge (mainly because finding a leak means business for them).

yeah its a exhaust leak.... and stay away from jiffy lube

I didn't know Jiffy Lube did exhaust! :eek:

nor did i thats why im saying to stay away from them