Wierd smell always after im done driving??
#19
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^^^ same here on my ralliart smells like rubber but im not quite sure if it's a combo of clutch and brakes also, i don't beleive its my clutch im not riding it at all, same smell at autox and back road driving .during auto x i put it in second and leave it there so it can't be the clutch .
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all depends.
The club and I use to take these 3 hour long trips on michigans back roads, going from one side of the state to the other. And we were HAULING ***. Like, beating the **** out of our cars. And michigan backroads are windy, curvy, dippy, and some long straigh aways.
So after that much braking, shifting, tire burning, it's bound to smell like something.
No matter how good at shift you are, that point of that clutch is to wear OTHER than something else in your engine/drivetrain breaking. It wears down, and it smells when it does that.
But this shouldn't be happening all the time, so perhaps you just need to practice shifting a bit more?
The club and I use to take these 3 hour long trips on michigans back roads, going from one side of the state to the other. And we were HAULING ***. Like, beating the **** out of our cars. And michigan backroads are windy, curvy, dippy, and some long straigh aways.
So after that much braking, shifting, tire burning, it's bound to smell like something.
No matter how good at shift you are, that point of that clutch is to wear OTHER than something else in your engine/drivetrain breaking. It wears down, and it smells when it does that.
But this shouldn't be happening all the time, so perhaps you just need to practice shifting a bit more?
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Most likely Clutch burn... Or your motor... which if its your motor it can be VARIOUS things... but if i had to say one, its clutch burn... When i learned how to drive my lancer, Stalling ect. I smelt that horrid smell myself and thats most likely the cause because now, it doesnt smell
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Mine stinks like burning oil all the time. first an acd fitting was spitting oil all over the down pipe. almost 3 weeks waiting for a part from the dealer, to think it was fixed, then to find the transfer case is leaking from an unrepairable location leaking gear oil all over the down pipe causing a great stink. only 3700 miles i might add..................no crap I wish I had my 8 back.
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I never ride my clutch when I drive, but last night I had to slip it while punching the gas turning in a 4-way stop. It was one of those shopping centers where the 4-ways are really far apart and people don't seem to realize when it's their turn to go. So I start going and turn left--the guy that was just to the right of me (that would've been going straight) takes off like a bat out of hell (like he's pissed because I went before him or something...)
So I gunned it and slipped the clutch for about 3 seconds to keep the car from spinning--and ever since then (even now) I smell that nasty clutch burn.
I just hope it wasn't too bad and that the smell will go away soon. I've got an appt at the dealer in a week for my oil change!
So I gunned it and slipped the clutch for about 3 seconds to keep the car from spinning--and ever since then (even now) I smell that nasty clutch burn.
I just hope it wasn't too bad and that the smell will go away soon. I've got an appt at the dealer in a week for my oil change!
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I never ride my clutch when I drive, but last night I had to slip it while punching the gas turning in a 4-way stop. It was one of those shopping centers where the 4-ways are really far apart and people don't seem to realize when it's their turn to go. So I start going and turn left--the guy that was just to the right of me (that would've been going straight) takes off like a bat out of hell (like he's pissed because I went before him or something...)
So I gunned it and slipped the clutch for about 3 seconds to keep the car from spinning--and ever since then (even now) I smell that nasty clutch burn.
I just hope it wasn't too bad and that the smell will go away soon. I've got an appt at the dealer in a week for my oil change!
So I gunned it and slipped the clutch for about 3 seconds to keep the car from spinning--and ever since then (even now) I smell that nasty clutch burn.
I just hope it wasn't too bad and that the smell will go away soon. I've got an appt at the dealer in a week for my oil change!