Smell of burning

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Mar 4, 2008 | 02:26 PM
  #1  
Hey I tried searching, but couldn't find anything that would address my issue. Ok, so here's the problem, sometimes when I leave the car running in neutral for a few minutes and pull an e-brake it starts smelling like something is burning. But I only notice it when it's running while parked. Anybody has any idea what this could be? Oh btw it's an 03, 6mt, coupe.
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Mar 4, 2008 | 03:12 PM
  #2  
burnt oil that spilt or maybe you need a bath and a bar of soap
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Mar 4, 2008 | 03:39 PM
  #3  
Quote: burnt oil that spilt or maybe you need a bath and a bar of soap

Fugg that...just get out tuck and roll!
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Mar 4, 2008 | 05:01 PM
  #4  
Quote: burnt oil that spilt or maybe you need a bath and a bar of soap
how do I check for that? For the oil not for my body odor. u as$
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Mar 4, 2008 | 05:05 PM
  #5  
Look in the engine bay and under the car for excess oil residue. If you see alot of oil could be a leak of some sort or just bad oil changing jobs.
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Mar 4, 2008 | 05:47 PM
  #6  
Did you run over a plastic bag? Take a look underneath the car. Sometimes, depending on road debris, a plastic bag may get caught on the exhaust and begin melting causing a burning smell. Take a look, it could be that simple. If it is, just pull as much of you can off of the exhaust then wait for the rest to burn off.
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Mar 4, 2008 | 05:54 PM
  #7  
Quote: Did you run over a plastic bag? Take a look underneath the car. Sometimes, depending on road debris, a plastic bag may get caught on the exhaust and begin melting causing a burning smell. Take a look, it could be that simple. If it is, just pull as much of you can off of the exhaust then wait for the rest to burn off.
+1 on the plastic bags, they smell like POOP when u run them over and they get stuck on your exhaust it has a horrible smell and it takes a while for it to come off
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Mar 4, 2008 | 06:13 PM
  #8  
no I don't think it's a bad, my friend has been through that so I know what that smells like, this smell seems to be coming from the front. Could it be anything with the e-brake? Because I comes on every time it's pulled in.
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Mar 4, 2008 | 09:41 PM
  #9  
Can you describe the smell? Does it have a sweet smell to it? Any smoke?
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