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12-05-2012, 08:18 AM | #1 |
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I have noticed after I drive my car and park in the garage it smells like its burning oil, or running hot. There is no smoke and my temps are normal, my car has less than 25k on it and I have not noticed oil leaks. Is this normal?
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12-05-2012, 10:27 AM | #2 |
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Burning oil is a pretty distinct smell. If you are smelling it I would recommend having the dealer take a look (I assume you are under warranty). Our cars have a few common oil leaks, the filter housing being the most common. Mine was leaking and it took me a while to find out as I never saw any oil under the car and wasn't noticing any oil loss over what would be reasonably expected (got the Add a Quart warning once since I've owned the car). When I dropped the plastic undercarriage liner quite a bit of oil had collected there.
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I'm going to take the undercarriage off again this weekend (1 week after a fresh oil change and cleaning) and have another look at what I see. The oil is definitely coming from above though and dripping down (making it kind of seem like the leak may be the oil pan gasket) but I'm pretty sure it's my filter housing gasket. |
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12-05-2012, 12:40 PM | #4 |
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I just had it in, and they replaced fuel injectors 1-3 and one of my mufflers because of a loud rattle when I first start it up, added a quart of oil which surprised me because I just had an oil change. They said I can expect to burn oil and that I may need to add oil between oil changes. I do notice the old muffler has a ton of black exhaust soot when compared to the new one.
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12-05-2012, 12:45 PM | #5 |
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Valve cover gasket too. I have a minor leak on my valve cover gasket but not substantial. I dont smell burnt oil either. Make sure you keep an eye on your oil level.
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12-06-2012, 01:57 AM | #7 |
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only when you drive it hard or always? when i drive it hard my car smells like everthings burning but its just the smell of the brakes, tires, bearings, exhaust, basicly everything that got a workout lol
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12-06-2012, 02:02 AM | #8 |
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Valve cover gasket probably, it's common issue with these engines do to the material it's made of.
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12-06-2012, 07:45 PM | #10 |
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100k mark sounds about right to change head gasket anyhow.
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