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Old Dec 27, 2005 | 10:55 AM
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Exclamation Burning Smell

Hey guys, have you all ever smell some kind of buring from the engine after you have a trip on the highway w/ an average speed of 120 km/h? I dunno whether I am being palinode or there is a problem on my TSX. Do you guys encounter the same problem too???? I can't 100% sure whether it is a smell from the engine or what.... but I could smell it once I step off my car.
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Old Dec 27, 2005 | 10:58 AM
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How new is your car? How many miles on it? If its brand new then the smell is common. Its all the plastics and lubricants being exposed to operating temperatures.
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Old Dec 27, 2005 | 11:00 AM
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It has 20K km on but the thing is I am in canada and it shall not have the smell in this icy winter during the year of time.... it is freaking cold out there... do u think so??
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Old Dec 27, 2005 | 11:03 AM
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With 20K km it is definitely not the smell I was thinking of. Pop the hood and look under the car to see if you have any leaks. Maybe you ran over something and it splashed up on your exhaust system. If its nothing obvious like that then I'd have the dealer check it out.
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Old Dec 27, 2005 | 11:07 AM
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Thx man... let me take a qucik chk on it.
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Old Dec 27, 2005 | 11:34 AM
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I get that smell too. My guess is prolly rust-proofing still burning off areas, that or the sticker on my cat.

My car has almost 11,000km.
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Old Dec 27, 2005 | 12:28 PM
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your is still new... and my has 20K km already.... I hope it is just buring the rust proofing .... ot just a freaking plastic baggie stuck to the pipe..... otherwrise.. I will be soo piss if anything is wrong w/ the powertrain..... >.<
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Old Jan 3, 2006 | 03:56 PM
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i had this smell all along too, and i thought it was me riding the clutch/improper shifting techniques because this is my first M/T.

I recently notice that the smell has significantly reduced to a point that is almost completely gone/not noticeable. I'm at 32k km, and my clutch feels the same.
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Old Jan 3, 2006 | 05:37 PM
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Maybe a squirrel made a nest on you exhaust manifold and you cooked him.
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Old Jan 4, 2006 | 01:54 PM
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ummmm that will be interesting... ....... anyway... it is sitting in a dealership now to get all inspections to be done on the freaking smells, knocking noise from accelerating, and also rattling noise from the steering wheel... I hope they can find out the sources and get all problems fixed. I will be soooooo PISSED if not. God bless my babe!!!!
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Old Jan 5, 2006 | 10:06 AM
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Let us know what the dealership finds...........
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Old Jan 5, 2006 | 05:17 PM
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They say it is just the anti-rust agent sticking to the exhaust and once the car runs for a substantial period of time and it will started burning... the is basically the source.... they chk for leaking from the powertrain but nothing was found.... I guess I just buy whatever they quote....... oh well......
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Old Jan 8, 2006 | 07:37 PM
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i hacve 60k miles on mine, and i ocassionally smell that too.
it might be my brakes tho.
oops.
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