burning plastic smell
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after i drive the car car, say 1st gear through 4 or whatever, what i start to slow down and the engine wines down...i can smell burning or melting plastic...has happened each time ive driven it hard for a short period of time. its not burnt rubber or clutch, its definately a plastic smell. any ideas?
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When I had my civic I smelled the same smell and a plastic bag was found underneath the car.
I now smell the same plastic bag smell and lookie what I found. A plastic bag melted onto my Y pipe.
I'm sure it's a plastic bag just take a good look underneath your car.
I now smell the same plastic bag smell and lookie what I found. A plastic bag melted onto my Y pipe.
I'm sure it's a plastic bag just take a good look underneath your car.
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...happens to my retardedly lowered 510 ALL the time.
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i have a weird smell comming from under my car after i ran over a plastic bag last month. it went away but now its back, i can't seem to find any traces of the bag left. it was pretty big about 5' by 4' and the smell is sweet (pretty sure not coolant) doesn't any know of any other possibilities?
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definately not a clutch smell like i said. i burn the clutch every so often and i know the distinct smell of burning clutch. and i havent looked under the car yet, i will when i get outta work.....but if that were the case wouldnt it smell all the time till the bag was burned off?
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I was going to say plastic bag also since this happened to me as well but since you confirmed, I'm not sure. Our Y-pipes are prone to getting them caught. When you looked under, did you see any black gunk on the piping (you will not see an actual bag)? When it happened to me, it melted it right on the pipe & left it smelling like plastic for weeks.
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happened to me a while back. everyone said either clutch, which again it wasnt the smell of a clutch, or plastic bag. i jacked up the car and found nothing. after a couple of weeks it just went away, slowly but surely.
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