Burning Rubber smell while driving on the Highway.
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Burning Rubber smell while driving on the Highway.
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i was driving today on the freeway, and as i approached the exit, i began to smell a weird burning rubber smell from the AC (ac was off, but i kept it so that the incoming air came into the cabin) and when i opened my window i could smell it. then it disappeared like 1 min. later
later on, on the local streets, i smelled it again. i cant tell but seemed to be coming from the engine bay maybe? the smell disappeared by the time i stopped and try to smell it...
and now, i just drove back home and no smells whatsoever.
what could cause this smell?
i have a six speed, and maybe i thought the clutch was burning or something, but i was on the highway so it makes no sense.
i tried to see if anything was stuck in the engine bay that may have been burning, but couldnt find anything. i also checked oil level, and seems to be fine.
any ideas?
i was driving today on the freeway, and as i approached the exit, i began to smell a weird burning rubber smell from the AC (ac was off, but i kept it so that the incoming air came into the cabin) and when i opened my window i could smell it. then it disappeared like 1 min. later
later on, on the local streets, i smelled it again. i cant tell but seemed to be coming from the engine bay maybe? the smell disappeared by the time i stopped and try to smell it...
and now, i just drove back home and no smells whatsoever.
what could cause this smell?
i have a six speed, and maybe i thought the clutch was burning or something, but i was on the highway so it makes no sense.
i tried to see if anything was stuck in the engine bay that may have been burning, but couldnt find anything. i also checked oil level, and seems to be fine.
any ideas?
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nope...i was just slowing down in 6th gear as i exited the freeway.
i have 2000 miles on my car. could it be that there still was plastic and rubber being burnt in engine bay for break-in? or should it have passed that already a thousand miles ago?
i have 2000 miles on my car. could it be that there still was plastic and rubber being burnt in engine bay for break-in? or should it have passed that already a thousand miles ago?
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I have a feeling it was just something new that was heated up enough to cause a smell for a few moments.... I'm not an expert, so I can't say for sure, but when my car still had just a few thousand on it, after running it on the highway somewhat hard, that very faint burning smell would be noiticeable, which i think is just typical new engine stuff.... I'm at 10500 and the car's running great, so I wouldn't be worried.
I changed my oil at 5000, then I did another change at 7500, then swithced to Synthetic at 10000, and she's running great!
I changed my oil at 5000, then I did another change at 7500, then swithced to Synthetic at 10000, and she's running great!
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Originally Posted by Acurasrule
I have a feeling it was just something new that was heated up enough to cause a smell for a few moments.... I'm not an expert, so I can't say for sure, but when my car still had just a few thousand on it, after running it on the highway somewhat hard, that very faint burning smell would be noiticeable, which i think is just typical new engine stuff.... I'm at 10500 and the car's running great, so I wouldn't be worried.
I changed my oil at 5000, then I did another change at 7500, then swithced to Synthetic at 10000, and she's running great!
I changed my oil at 5000, then I did another change at 7500, then swithced to Synthetic at 10000, and she's running great!
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is the smell coming from other cars that's burning fuel on highway/local or soemthing like that?? sometime i was wondering if the smell is coming from my engin bay too, but it's all from some other old car or van that put out white/blue smoke.......
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#9
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I'd lift up the car and take a look underneath. Look for oil or other fluid stains, particularly on parts that get hot (engine block, header, exhaust, etc.) It could be that you picked up a loose plastic bag got stuck and started burning.
#11
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If recirculate was on, then air was not coming inside through the vents. Did you have the temperature set so that the heater was on? I get the burning rubber smell when the heater is on.
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