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I had a similar problem and found it to be a loose left side muffler connection. Walter Beaumont '70 Squareback >>-----Original Message----- >>Some good questions: >>1. The car isn't lowered >>2. Stock rear apron is in place >>3. The rear hatch seal is new and seals 360 degrees, the other seal is at >>the bottom by the interior deck, and it seals. >>4. The muffler is stock T3 muffler. >>The one item I missed was the flow through ventilation. Prior to me >>purchasing the car in Phoenix, it spent 31 years of it's life in the >Arizona >>desert. While I was replacing the rear hatch seal I noticed the vents in >the >>interior pillars had foam behind them that was really dirty. Needless to >say >>but as soon as I touched the foam it pretty much evaporated, turned to >dust. >>Now if you look in the interior louvers you can see light from the outside >>louvers. I have since put tape over the interior louver holes but I still >>get the exhaust smell. I think I'll go back to square one and go over >>everything with a fine tooth comb. Maybe even put a smoke generator in the >>car with all of the windows closed and see were the smoke comes out. Just a >>thought. > >------------------------------------------------------ ------------- >List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org >