burning rubber smell

mcfly · Post by **mcfly** » December 20th, 2005, 8:32 am

when I go from an idling position to accelerating i smell burning rubber. Any ideas? Clutch perhaps? how much does it cost to fix a clutch in canadian currency?

azazel95 · Post by **azazel95** » December 20th, 2005, 2:46 pm

Any noise? Burning rubber smell sounds more like a belt or a tire...because they are rubber...

reaper of souls · Post by **reaper of souls** » December 22nd, 2005, 6:58 pm

stop accelerating so fast and you wont be spinning your tires

mcfly · Post by **mcfly** » December 23rd, 2005, 8:39 am

reaper of souls wrote:stop accelerating so fast and you wont be spinning your tires

what makes you think i drive hard? I don't...

reaper of souls · Post by **reaper of souls** » December 23rd, 2005, 4:42 pm

liar !!!!!! j/k sorry no clue

rusty · Post by **rusty** » December 28th, 2005, 12:42 am

are you sure it's rubber not oil, cause in my car you can smell burnt oil after you accelerate from a stop. but the exhaust isn't blue like it's burning oil. Don't know where the smell is coming from

mcfly · Post by **mcfly** » December 29th, 2005, 8:47 am

rusty wrote:are you sure it's rubber not oil, cause in my car you can smell burnt oil after you accelerate from a stop. but the exhaust isn't blue like it's burning oil. Don't know where the smell is coming from

well if i were you i'd get that checked, because the more i drove the worst the smell got then all of a sudden my engine would overheat now my car doesnt even work anymore. so yeah, get that checked, i'd suggest u don't even drive ur car until u know what the problem is.

MX3driver · Post by **MX3driver** » December 31st, 2005, 3:17 pm

yeah, you could possibly just have a bad gasket at the headers or something which would allow it to come in through the vents for heat, A/C whatever.. heat in my case because I'm canadian and balls it's cold here

Darcy · Post by **Darcy** » January 16th, 2006, 10:23 pm

I actually have the same problem. Smell the burnt rubber really bad, especially when I crank up the heat.
Coincidentally as the last post mentions, I recently had my header exhaust gasket replaced and I have a feeling it was right after that was when I started smelling the burned rubber smell.

Did you find out what the problem was?

93_mx3_gs · Post by **93_mx3_gs** » January 17th, 2006, 12:05 am

Hmm..clutches smell like the most horrible vehicle smell. Oil is like a dingy thick smell almost like cigar smoke and burning rubber could is more like a sharp smell and will make your nose burn.