What's that smell????
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What's that smell????
I've had my car a little over three weeks now and every once in a while after driving, when I get out of the car I smell a faint burning typw smell. Is this the underbody coating burning off and the breaks breaking in?? I have about 450 miles on the car. Any ideas. Thanks.
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Rep Power: 0 I was really zipping around quickly and stopping a lot and was also downshifting a lot as well before I smelled it. Hopefully it was that and nothing major. I know it wasn't coming from under the hood.
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Rep Power: 0 Well I'm a real genius!!! I get up this morning and drive my car around a little and theres that smell again. So I go home get out look underneath and theres a plastic bg stick to my exhaust pipe under the car..Oh well...Anu suggestions for getting it off. It's on there prety good. Should I just let it burn off on it's own??
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[hr]Originally posted by: Dbone39
Well I'm a real genius!!! I get up this morning and drive my car around a little and theres that smell again. So I go home get out look underneath and theres a plastic bg stick to my exhaust pipe under the car..Oh well...Anu suggestions for getting it off. It's on there prety good. Should I just let it burn off on it's own??[hr]
[hr]Originally posted by: Dbone39
Well I'm a real genius!!! I get up this morning and drive my car around a little and theres that smell again. So I go home get out look underneath and theres a plastic bg stick to my exhaust pipe under the car..Oh well...Anu suggestions for getting it off. It's on there prety good. Should I just let it burn off on it's own??[hr]
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Rep Power: 0 hehe i think that its just your engine breaking in. i noticed the same thing when my car was new. i think thats why are supposed to drive easy for the 1st 600 miles. its in the manual[IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/IMG]
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[hr]Originally posted by: Master
it might be burning clutch. It might be because u are reving to much in first when u are starting off from a stop.[hr]
[hr]Originally posted by: Master
it might be burning clutch. It might be because u are reving to much in first when u are starting off from a stop.[hr]
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umm, dude, that may be something that got in there after the first post so umm. Plus I do read, I was just trying to state something[IMG]i/expressions/moon.gif[/IMG] kiss it.
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[hr]Originally posted by: Master
umm, dude, that may be something that got in there after the first post so umm. Plus I do read, I was just trying to state something[IMG]i/expressions/moon.gif[/IMG] kiss it.[hr]
[hr]Originally posted by: Master
umm, dude, that may be something that got in there after the first post so umm. Plus I do read, I was just trying to state something[IMG]i/expressions/moon.gif[/IMG] kiss it.[hr]
I've had the same burning smell on my car too, but mine now has 22k and it started around 19k. After hard driving, it smells like either I'm frying my clutch or something. It's definitely not burning rubber though. Any ideas?
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