I'm plugging away on my college thesis, due in three days, and of course a late night run to the store for sustenence is required.
Starting her up was fine, but starting out slowly she started to pulsate in uneven acceleration...but then it cleared up. Drove a couple miles.
And then upon getting out of the car there was a particularly pungent smell around the back. Not like anything I've ever smelled from a car. Not a coolant smell or a fuel smell...just a really acrid smell. It's been raining, so I can't tell if anything's leaking. Does anyone have any thoughts as to what this might be? Is it possibly related to the pulsing acceleration? Starting the car to drive home from the store, the problem did not arise again. But the smell did.
I'm sorry if this is a repeat query, the only thing I could think to search for was "smell" and nothing came up that looked promising. Thanks in advance to you sagely volvo owners for your help!