Car is a 94 corsa GLS 5 door.
Been having a few problems lately so i will recap what has happened so far. after driving to my partners place a the other week (only about 2 miles) i thought i could smell burning, and felt pretty dizzy for a while afterwards, and had a strage taste in my mouth.
Took it to kwik-fit and they reckoned i had an oil leak, but told me i needed to get the engine steam cleaned and take it back to them so they could identify where it was coming from.
I got it steam cleaned and took it back, and they told me they couldnt see a leak anymore. they also said they checked the exhaust and it looked ok, and replaced the pollen filter.
After taking the car home, i did a few short journeys with a carbon monoxide alarm in the car, and everything seemed to be ok for a couple of days, but then out of nowhere the carbon monoxide alarm started regestering CO in the air, very little, and in healthly limits, but still seemed strange that it happened out of nowhere.
I then went shopping in it and it was fine on the way, then came out of the supermarket to drive home, and when driving felt like i couldnt breathe and started getting dizzy, and had a weird taste in my mouth, but nothing regestering on the carbon monoxide alarm.
you can smell buring quite strongly when stood next to the car idling on the driver side, and you can also smell petrol towards the back end.
My partner also said she could smell petrol, and i hadnt told her what she was smelling for, so its not just me being crazy!
Had a look at the exhaust but couldnt see any obvious signs that its blowing. the cat is rattling, but i have been told by a mechanic friend that its just the honeycombe thing inside come loose, and it didnt need replacing and would still be doing its job of filtering the gasses.
I was told by someone to check the manifold by holding tissue near it to see if anything was escaping, i did that and the only place it looked like there might be anything coming out was the back of the part i have circled in the picture.
And here is a closer view of it.
Im guessing thats where the exhaust pipe conects to the manifold?
I was also told to spray the exhaust with soapy water to check for bubbling, which im going do tomorrow, but i was wondering if it would be safe to spray around the circled area too?
Also, can anyone tell me what the silver pipe in front of the manifold is? the one that runs into my amazing freehand circle. it seems there is a hole in it, but i have no idea what the pipe is for.
Thanks for any help offered, and apologies for not really knowing the first thing about cars!
