Burning Smell from rear of the car

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Burning Smell from rear of the car

Post by firemonk » Fri Jul 05, 2013 10:39 am

Hi

The car I am referring to is a 1991 Firebird 3.1 V6 auto

I purchased the car at the weekend and had a 3 hour drive to get it home and I did not notice a smell. I also drove it to work the next day (10 mins) and again no smell. But on my way home from work I noticed a strong burning smell coming from the rear of the car. The smell went away pretty quick so I had a hard time working out where it came from. The next day when I got to work I was straight under the car trying to work out the smell and I can only say its coming from the rear. Almost like paint on an exhaust. But I would have noticed this after the drive home when buying the car right?

Under the bonnet its clean as a whistle and under the car its again pretty clean.

Ive run the engine up without moving the car to see if it was brake / wheel related and I do still get the smell when stationary. More so when I throw in a few revs.
I cant see anything touching the exhaust at all.

Anyone have any ideas I could try before I pay a garage to put it up on there ramp?

Kind regards
Mark

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Re: Burning Smell from rear of the car

Post by SUPERCHARGEDGTA » Fri Jul 05, 2013 11:51 pm

I often get a burning rubber smell from the back of my car :oldevil:

have you checked the exhaust is not fouling or touching anything?
could be exhaust restricted or excess fuel in exhaust burning, or lean mixture

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Re: Burning Smell from rear of the car

Post by bhm1712 » Sat Jul 06, 2013 7:18 am

Could it be a slight engine oil or transmission leak which is being blown onto th exhaust and burning off?? I had this on my car when I first got it . Stunk to high heaven and it was at the back because airflow was blowing the fluid to the back.
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Re: Burning Smell from rear of the car

Post by Retro » Mon Jul 08, 2013 10:15 pm

I'd defiantly run it past Rocky or Robin for there thoughts :think:
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Re: Burning Smell from rear of the car

Post by firemonk » Mon Jul 08, 2013 10:25 pm

Thanks for your replies. I'm going to give the guys in redhill a call tomo. Get booked in for someone to give the car a good look over so I know what needs doing. Hopefully they will work the smell out too :)

Mark

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