burnt toast smell when I stopped
Dec 3, 2005, 05:56 PM
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Originally Posted by EVO8LTW
Is the first time that you've used the heater? My car is still pretty low mileage (turned 6K today) and I notice definitely odors out of the heater.
-thanks mike
Dec 3, 2005, 06:13 PM
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Originally Posted by C6C6CH3vo
Inspect Exhaust manif heat shield, perhaps ya left a rag or part of your sandwich on it while doing something with the hood up
Dec 3, 2005, 06:19 PM
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After thinking about it, I'd describe burning clutch as smelling like burning rubber or plastic that stays in the air for a while. Still though, you description sounds like the clutch to me.
Dec 3, 2005, 07:47 PM
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You live in S. California so no doubt you have been behind a truck or RV trailer overheating the brakes while coming down out of the mountains. That is what a burnt clutch smells like.
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