dalaw

Hey guys. I was very briefly redlining my 03 LX and then after like 10 minutes of mild driving I parked the car and there was this strong BBQ smell coming from the front of my car. Could be the brakes but then I didnt really brake that hard and the smell was really strong coming out from the grill. I drove back home and the smell did not come out anymore. Have you guys experience this before? Should I take the car back to the dealer to check it out? Thanks for your inputs.

Yoyoio

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is normal when you beat it, thatz what happen to mine too. I heard the smell is from burn clutch. Correct me if i m wrong

dalaw

Mine is an auto though.

acidbaby

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^^^^its because you are redlineing an automatic wtf

acidbaby

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its really bad for it man

Project2k2

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I'd post this in tech or vehical issues/problems.

As for the smell....why would u do that to an auto?

dalaw

Whats wrong with pushing my engine with an auto tranny?

etdigitalis

It's not pushing your engine that's the problem. It's pushing your auto tranny that's the problem.



You were shifting from D1-D2-D3... etc. right?

CuRiOuSfIsH

iTrader: (13)

How old is your car? the 1st few times I pushed it, it had this burnt plastic smell.

dalaw

I pulled the lever from D to D3, made a right turn at about 20 mph, then floored it to 65 mph on the straight, then ease off the gas and put the lever back to D. My car has 10k miles on it.

CuRiOuSfIsH

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constantly switching between the Ds will kill that auto

nivenmk1

Bah, I'd not worry about it yet. Just don't manually shift it much and you'll be O.K.

With only 10k miles on it, and given what you were doing to it, I'd say it's normal. All new cars smell a little funky after they are flogged.

If you want to be extra-safe about it, warm it up and pull the tranny dipstick, smell it; If it smells like BBQ, change your fluid.

The leading killer of auto trannies is fluid breakdown, the hotter the tranny gets the faster the fluid breaks down, the faster the fluid breaks down the faster the tranny wears out.

If you're gonna go nuts with it, get a tranny fluid cooler.

If all cars came with properly sized automatic transmission fluid coolers, broken transmissions would be a thing of the past.
--Lincolin Motorsports head of performance product research for the Lincolin MK VIII

etdigitalis

Or we could all pick up some steaks and make it a cook-out.
Mmmm... steak.

MORG655

You should check under your hood. It's possible that some hungry **** without a BBQ grill just threw some ribs on your ride so you could cook them for him. Maybe it was that homeless guy named Joe that lives around the corner. Just an idea.

Demoncvc

I have an 03 auto as well and I don't do that fake shifting poo poo and it still smells. I like the smell hehehehehe.

nivenmk1

You know the USDA has gotten their paws on your car when you exert it for a bit and it smells like BBQ to drag you down to the local BBQ place.

civicstreetrcr

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WHY WOULD YOU BUY AN AUTO TO PRETEND YOU HAVE MANUAL?
makes no sense to me but just so you know i dont think pretend shifting is covered under warranty if that makes you break your tranny

cdmx

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Your auto tranny is gonna die very soon

03white5spd4d

be warned....keep playing wit your tranny and you next post will be where to get a rebuilt tranny. take his advice b4 its to late, check you tranny oil..see what color it is

dalaw

I don't get it. What is so wrong about downshifting to D3 when I am doing hard braking? Honda auto tranny would downshift itself during hard braking anyway, and it would do the same thing when going uphill or when more power is needed. I don't neutral drop it or anything. Anyway, I am not touching the shifter anymore just to be safe.

Demoncvc

lol, good idea.