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Hi Guys, Just signed up so bare with me on this one I own a 2012 MkII Turbo with 26000k's on the clock 4 days ago I went to start the car as usual and drive off, the car gave 3 small shudders and I thought nothing of it. The next morn the same thing happend but about 20 seconds up the road I got a very strange strong smell like 'maple syrup' entering the cabin, pulled over and had a look under the hood and nothing, no drips or smell so off I went to work. Later that day I gave my work colleagues a lift home, about 3k's into the trip I asked one bloke if he had leftover fish from lunch in his bag cause a different smell suddenly entered the cabin after sitting at the lights. One bloke said it smelt like coolant and then it got worse, I pulled over and checked the engine bay again, no leaks, full coolant level for hot but there was a little what looked like oil that had come from the intercooler pipe where it joins the turbo and a little fluid on the right side of the block under the intercooler logo over the head where the airbox and intercooler meet (See pics below) All temps normal but I feel the turbo maybe lacking a little plus the transmission feels a little different. It is now the 5th day and the smell continues, much stronger when under acceleration and sometimes it just give a burst of stink out of the blue. Again no sign of leaks of depleted coolant nor no sign of discolor in the oil... but the cabin stinks of fishy coolant all the time. Any Ideas?
