Just wondering if anyone else found the problem to this and a easy fix, any time step on accelerator for high rpm, i get this burnt funny smell coming in the vents any suggestions???

 

Tell your girlfriend to close her legs

 

auto or six speed?

 

Seriously though I've never smelled a burning smell after WOT. I would suggest checking for a exhaust leak.

 

auto...

 

lol...

 

hmmmm. an exhaust leak or smell wouldnt be coming out of the air vents.
and I dont think it would smell like its burning/burnt smell.

and the OP ruled out a slipping clutch because he is AUTO.

hmmmmmmmm.


just thinking outloud here:
I'm still on trannies....
it could be possible that your auto tranny is emitting that smell after a hard RPM run.
tires...brakes.
hmmmm


the engine would not emit a burnt smell either.....

 

Is your A/C on when you get the smell?

 

I get it when its off but it is stronger with the a/c on, didnt smell like anything with rubber like tires or even smell of brakes, i was aimming towards the timing belt or somewhere in that area ??

 

NIce! thanks for narrowing it down!!!


have you done the 105k service?
how many miles are on your ride?

 

I got the car with 142k on it last thing i remebered from the dealership was that everything was update with maintance but nothing on record had previous cars from there so i didnt think anything of it... im at 170k now. still riding smooth no major issues so far ...

 

I get the same smell, its smells like burnt hair lol

 

LOL.. it sucks sometimes when i got someone in the car flying down the highway and they say is your car on fire .. lol...

 

Ya I still don't know what the hell the smell is but its not the Honda smell I was used to when my b16 popped vtec lol

 

if the smell is of rotten eggs (sulfur) then it's normal. It's the catalysts getting soaked in fuel and carbon build-up that's being blown out of the motor. Most honda's have this when new or when not pushed hard for a VERY long time.

 

although not exactly same issue, i do smell something smokey / old car smell from my vent..
this is regardless of ac on/off or circulation on/off...
this happens without WOT or anything related to fuel burning, etc
i will go check tomorrow at the shop.. but doesn't smell like mold either..

 

if it's auto i would check the condition of the fluid. Any smoke coming from the transmission area?

I fried my parent's Odyssey transmission going up a hill.

 

Cool thats what i was told, recently by a friend mechanic, but do you know if it has any long term effects with the cat or the carbon build up, or any solution to fixing smell coming out???

 

Yup ... It's he Cats. nothing to worry.

 

Still smells like I ran over a black chick and her weave like got caught or something lol

 

Is there a way to clean the cat's or try to fix the issue with the smell???

 

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Lol. Its not really the cats but rather higher NOx emissions under heavy throttle. Its normal to smell it when behind the car. Smelling it inside the car means you have an exhaust leak. A slight variation of this smell is what I would look for to figure out who was running nitrous and trying to be sneaky at the street races.