Can anything go right with the L train?

It was going to be shut down for repairs. Then it wasn’t, but the alternative repair plan is expected to cause extreme crowding on a line already famed for packed platforms.

Then came the smell of burning oil.

For most of the week, noxious odors on the L have made passengers and transit workers feel ill.

It started on Tuesday. After people complained about the smell of gas, service was suspended for hours.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority said the problem was caused by diesel fuel leaking from a tank under a defunct gas station, The Daily News reported.

By Wednesday, transit workers were wearing masks.

On Thursday, my colleague Nate Schweber went to investigate.