Hi All,

took the Skip up to suffolk and back at the weekend, a round trip of about 400 miles and while it didnt miss a beat the whole way it seems to have gotten a little smokey.

I drove to work this morning and noticed a strange smell, a bit like treacle, while i was driving along. sometimes the car does have weird smells which go away quite quickly and often its just because of outside odours. this morning it lasted the whole way to work so i thought i'd whack the blower up to setting 4 to see if i could blow whatever it was through, and to my surprise a lot of smoke blew out of the middle dash vents right into my face!

the smoke didnt smell like burnt plastic, and didnt smell very oily either (i know what this smells like from when my gearbox was holed and blew gearbox oil all over the hot engine block and then blew it into the cabin).

the smoke cleared after a few seconds but the smell was still there - when i arrived at work i left the engine running and popped the bonnet, there was no visible smoke coming from the engine or the exhaust, the water temp was fine, oil level was fine and i'm at a bit of a loss.

does anyone have any suggestions? i always have the blower on setting 1 to keep air circulating so assumed it wasnt due to the fans not being used.

two further things to mention:

1. car does NOT have a/c (just normal fan blowers)
2. the recent MOT advisory sheet did include 1 item 'oil leak' - there was no more info on where/how much although it doesnt drip out the bottom or it would have left marks on my drive and i couldnt see on on inspection - i put this down to having a weepy rocker cover seal - could this be the cause?

thanks for your time

DKM