I noticed a faint burning smell in the engine compartment behind the drivers side headlight. I'm sure it's not the headlight but around that general area. I've noticed it twice so far and also sometimes it doesn't smell. Any ideas what it could be. I'm gonna check it out in more detail this weekend but just wanted to get some ideas.

 

That is usually where it smells when you burn your clutch!!!

 

+1 clutch

 

Id imagine that could be the culprit. The tranny sits right there. Too bad you cant send e-smells via internet

 

invent that! make a million dollars! help out the evo community!

 

Would it smell on and off? My brother had the car for a day last week this is making me think... SOB!@#$%

 

has to be the clutch...thats the only thing that really makes a smell thats off and on....

 

lol!

 

its your clutch, same smell was coming from same spot for me. just one day my car was just not goin anywhere when i gave it gas and i smelled burning got it looked at and its almost toast, slipping real bad now. so id get it looked at i mean i may be wrong but thats exactly how mine was. good luck

 

Ok so I was driving around last night and the clutch doesn't slip at all and the smell goes on and off. If the clutch were completely fried it would be slipping right? Oh i forgot to mentioned that it's an ACT clutch installed less then 10k miles ago.

 

My clutch is burning now... smells.... i just did one launch and poff.. it started to smell it is a stock clutch ona evo VIII, which clutch is good to buy?