my dad moved my car up 10 feet while i was away and i smelt a nasty burning smell wen i came home coming out of the vent in hood. i opened the hood and it smells right over the intake/ transmiission battery side. i drove it and it kept smelling but car drives perfect. He hosed it down before i got home. The exhaust is like two weeks old but this smells like burning rubber. WHat do you think it is?

 

i hope it is not the clutch

 

check up underneath...maybe something was under it but just moving it 10 feet shouldn't be that bad. IDK what to tell you but good luck with it.

 

what does a burn clutch smell like?

 

Ur dad was doing donuts!LOL

 

no. he hosed it down and now it smells. I never launched the car and it has 3500 miles on it.

 

It does smell like burning rubber but with a weird twist to it. Almost like brakes after you lock em up. the last time I smelt a clutch like that was when I tried to teach the wife to drive.

 

yeah it smells like charcoal and burn rubber. I havent moved the car in 3 days befeore he moved it and the smell continues to come out even 30 min after the car was off.

 

Sounds like clutch to me. Did you check your turbo for mouse blood?

Brakes and clutches are usually made out of the same material. You didn't mention you were leaking anything (so i don't think it's transmission fluid which can smell nasty as hell), so that leads me to say clutch as well. It may be in break-in mode still, still trying to get seated properly. I hope you didn't blue groove your flywheel.

 

i havent moved the car in about 4 days until today. What does blue groove mean? i drove it and it drives fine but the smell keeps coming out. Its been off for abut 20 min and still comning out the grill and hoood

 

it smells like after a fire was put out very strongly . the car has been sitting for at least half and hour and smell is still strong.

 

Ask your pops to move the car again and see how bad he slips the clutch. Clutch smell is very hard to describe a little like brake smell but much worse, once you smell it you never forget the smell.

 

Is your car over heating? Check the oil temps. Do you hear boiling sounds in your bay?

Because mine was and it smelled bad and smoke and crap coming out of the hood. Found out that my thermostat or something(forgot exactly what it was.) like that broke so when I got it replaced, all was good again.

idk just a guess.

 

no overheating and car drives fine. i got on it to see if it would slip and drove fine. Oil temp fine and no bubbling. Car runs mint but just the smell is getting to me.

 

Prob just the exhaust since its brand new.Burning clutch smells like a rotten egg.