Burning Smell Coming From The Engine After Running

Faithbleed · Post by **Faithbleed** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 9:04 am

Hey All

Ever since I've owned my baby, she has given off a burning smell from the engine (which I only notice when I get out of the car).

It's only really evident when I drive hard, possibley only when I make good use of the turbo.

Is this something I should worry about? Nothing seems to be wrong with the car, engine or boosting functions of the car.

Any help would be great. Thanks

Murphy · Post by **Murphy** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 6:03 pm

my car does that because theres oil on the exhaust manifold that im to lazy to clean up, you might have an oil leak or something of that nature

scuzzy · Post by **scuzzy** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 6:44 pm

Faithbleed wrote:Hey All

Ever since I've owned my baby, she has given off a burning smell from the engine (which I only notice when I get out of the car).

It's only really evident when I drive hard, possibley only when I make good use of the turbo.

Is this something I should worry about? Nothing seems to be wrong with the car, engine or boosting functions of the car.

Any help would be great. Thanks

Our cars can leak oil from a million places. Trouble areas are:
Front and rear cam seals, as well as the front crankshaft seal (also the oil pump seal)

Rear crankshaft seal (behind flywheel)
Valve cover gaskets
oil pan gasket.

These are all wear items and are designed to be replaced at their designated service intervals - so it's not abnormal to have a leak if you havn't replaced them, first step is to track down which one is leaking and that can be a task in itself that it a little too lengthy to explain all in one post.

Post by **Legacy777** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 6:50 pm

As I mentioned in another post....these engines are oil piggys......even on a pretty new engine, I'm getting a little oil seaping through some seals. I'm pretty sure a lot of mine comes from the PCV system.

gt2.5turbo · Post by **gt2.5turbo** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 7:41 pm

im betting on seals. Just watch your oil level

I have the same problem its kinda annoying im holding out changing them out tho cause i have other plans for this summer

Splinter · Post by **Splinter** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 8:23 pm

Check for torn CV boots too...

When I burst a boot it sprayed axle grease all over the bottom of my block, which I can still smell burning

Faithbleed · Post by **Faithbleed** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 12:17 am

Woo, thanks all.

I'm going to have a good clean of the engine bay today and I might just check a few of those areas out while I'm having a clean.

Again, thanks.

franticfour · Post by **franticfour** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 1:09 am

Time for the timing belt front seals (crank & cam) to be changed?
If so - Don't forget the timing belt idlers to replace at the same time.

Other oil leak zones are the RT. RR. cam cap O-rings, valve cover gaskets & bolt grommets and the POS RR. main seal and cover plate reseal.

interglossa · Post by **interglossa** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 8:08 am

In addition to all the wonderful oil leaks we can have: if you do have them at some point and it leaks down to the y-pipe in the exhaust, it gets trapped in that bloody heat shield, so extensive cleaning is needed to get it all off (or just get an exhaust that has no heat shield)
Not the best design to have something that holds oil and gets really hot so it can get baked on, which is why the smell comes back everytime you drive. I replaced all my seals when i rebuilt my EJ22 about 6 months ago and it's dry as a bone and still stinks! Time to get one of those borla manifolds i guess.

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