Hi everyone, hoping someone can help. We have a 2007 VW Sharan 2.0 diesel, bought in April 2019 with 13,000 genuine miles on the clock. It's now on 20k. For the last week we've noticed a strong smell in the car when the car has been parked overnight or even left for 2 hours with doors closed. It smells like a fuel smell but I suppose it could be something else. When the engine is running it doesn't seem as bad but that could be the fan clearing the smell away a bit. The smell is so strong you can feel it in your lungs , and taste it in the back of your throat. Car has been to 2 garages and today is at a main dealer in the hope they can find something. Has anyone come across this before or can shed any light on what it could be as we can't drive it like this, and can't sell it with a fault. We are stumped at the moment. The 2 garages we have used so far are small local ones who have fixed our cars for years. They couldn't find anything leaking but could smell it. Advice very greatly appreciated.
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