Smell of gas from a Volvo

Hi,

My sister just phoned me up to ask me a question about her car. It is a 1989 Volvo "S something" (her words not mine!) and she is complaining about a smell of gas in it. It is not a gas run car, just an ordinary petrol engine.

I know the details are sparse but has anyone got any ideas what could be causing this or if it is harmful to either the driver or the car.

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rotten eggs gas maybe ?

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Methane smell could be coming from some kind of degarding foodstuff in the car?

a dead cat perhaps

Impacted underneath or stuffed down the front of the rad inside the grill ?

rotten egg smell is a dead catalyser

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Will check that with her, but she is usually a very clean person so I would reckon that it probably won't be a piece of food, but it does sound like the only plausable cause at the moment.

gas smell?

I don't think that 89 Volvos had catalytic converters.

Sounds like an exhaust leak into the car - check rubber seals around doors, bootlid, etc.

...........another possability is a petrol leak.