Q: I've been getting really bad fumes inside my car
My breather hose was leaking oil and the main dealer changed it, the car is really fumey but drives ok it seems that something is burning out in the car? It's a Vw Touran 1.6 diesel
My car has 21000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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