Burning smell
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Burning smell
yes, i have searched this, and none of the results relate.
i have a stock '07. tonight, i decided to show my friend what the Z would do. i started the car, let the engine warm up properly (took about 5 minutes), and then, i gunned it--redlined every gear through 3rd.
well, everything seems all right, but when i got home, it smelt like something (not the clutch or tires) burning. i'm a firefighter where i live and i've smelt the same thing at vehicle fires (more of a plastic smell than a rubber one). it's coming from under the hood. no warning lights on, and the car was driving fine. maybe i'm just being paranoid.
i have a stock '07. tonight, i decided to show my friend what the Z would do. i started the car, let the engine warm up properly (took about 5 minutes), and then, i gunned it--redlined every gear through 3rd.
well, everything seems all right, but when i got home, it smelt like something (not the clutch or tires) burning. i'm a firefighter where i live and i've smelt the same thing at vehicle fires (more of a plastic smell than a rubber one). it's coming from under the hood. no warning lights on, and the car was driving fine. maybe i'm just being paranoid.
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Normally if your Z is new, when the cars get shipped from japan they spray an anti rust or corrosive stuff in the engine bay and it will smell almost like your buring your clutch but its not that, its natural and it will go away... but thats just if your cars new, if not, you got me....
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Originally Posted by imjdoggie
Its probably just the factory coatings burning off the exhaust or headers. How many miles, how long have you had it, stick-auto???
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Originally Posted by SuperBlack350z
check your belts just in case. The other day, i shreaded off my AC belt and it smelled like that.
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Originally Posted by marine_playboi
Normally if your Z is new, when the cars get shipped from japan they spray an anti rust or corrosive stuff in the engine bay and it will smell almost like your buring your clutch but its not that, its natural and it will go away... but thats just if your cars new, if not, you got me....
hopefully that's it.
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I'm curious about this as well - 6mt Touring, '07. I have probably 6500 miles on it, and still get that burning smell. Thought it was the clutch breaking in at first, but I'm wondering now that I've got the miles on it that I have.
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Originally Posted by Candymaker
I'm curious about this as well - 6mt Touring, '07. I have probably 6500 miles on it, and still get that burning smell. Thought it was the clutch breaking in at first, but I'm wondering now that I've got the miles on it that I have.
If I come home from a hard drive, it still sometimes smells a little. 24,000 miles, 2 years old. I'm not worried about it. Probably my painted calipers.
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when i test drove my car at the dealership, it had that same sort of smell after i was done test driving it.
he told me that it was just the coating they put on some of the parts to protect it when it sits on the lot.
rain, cold, heat, etc. stuff like that.
it's normal, don't worry too much about it.
he told me that it was just the coating they put on some of the parts to protect it when it sits on the lot.
rain, cold, heat, etc. stuff like that.
it's normal, don't worry too much about it.
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what kinda oil do u use? reason i ask is cause when i 1st got the car i was using mobil 1. .and everytime i drove the car hard i smelled a burning engine smell like oil. .so i switched from mobil to elf synthetic. .and no burning smell. .
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Originally Posted by BrittB
I wonder if it's the clutch? Go read the thread about the clutch issues with the 07 and see if it's like your experence.