re: more fumes

[A bear in his natural habitat <burden@rhett.enet.dec.com>]

Thanks for all the replies and tips.  My wife and I poked around at the SQB this 
morning and found that the engine cover was not properly seated, the hooks were 
not inserted into the slots at the front.  That seemed to help tremendously and 
cut the engine noise down a bit.  It appears that when I adjusted the points 
last week I didn't install the cover properly.

The rear hatch seal is new and good and the engine cover seal is good.  Can I 
put some generic weatherstriping around that or would it get too hot?

What about the vents along the side right in front of the rear hatch?  They have 
openings inside the car right by the rear window.  Would these end up sucking in 
fumes?  It looks like they are designed to push air onto the inside of the rear 
hatch window, but we're not sure.  I was thinking of temporarily duct taping the 
inside holes up to see if that made any difference.  Any thougts on that?

Bottom line is, just be reseating the engine cover, the fumes were cut down a 
lot.  With no windows open and heat either on or off there were no fumes.  Even 
with the dash venst open there were none.  When I opened a vent window with the 
heat on, I did get some fumes.  On the way home tonight (or at lunch) I will try 
the open window and no heat and see what happens.

Dave