Burned smell in my 325i

Horniekoala · 02-23-2011, 10:08 AM

My car would randomly has this smell of burned rubber, and it doesn't come from a/c vents. Does anyone have any idea what's wrong??

sneaks · 02-23-2011, 11:55 AM

happened to me once on a reaaaaly cold start early in the morning.

Horniekoala · 02-23-2011, 01:51 PM

Does it just go away?

Tzu · 02-23-2011, 03:05 PM

I had this once as well when it was very very cold, -20C. My exhaust flap froze shut, and I had to drive around to warm it up so it could open, I figured I may have overheated that seal or something.

Smell has not returned since.

sneaks · 02-24-2011, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Tzu

I had this once as well when it was very very cold, -20C. My exhaust flap froze shut, and I had to drive around to warm it up so it could open, I figured I may have overheated that seal or something.

Smell has not returned since.

This is possibly what happened to me. The smell was bad but only for 20 seconds and hasn't been back.

beppy · 03-01-2011, 06:13 PM

Same thing happened to me. Exhaust tip frozen could be it. Where is that located btw?

sneaks · 03-01-2011, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by beppy

Same thing happened to me. Exhaust tip frozen could be it. Where is that located btw?

does the 325 have an exhaust flap?

AlanAZ · 03-01-2011, 08:43 PM

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does the 325 have an exhaust flap?

No, for 325/328. I wish it had one, the exhaust note sucks, thanks to the German Green Party's noise restrictions in Germany.

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Horniekoala New Member 0 Rep 6 Posts Drives: 325i Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Stanton iTrader: (0)	Burned smell in my 325i My car would randomly has this smell of burned rubber, and it doesn't come from a/c vents. Does anyone have any idea what's wrong??
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Horniekoala New Member 0 Rep 6 Posts Drives: 325i Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Stanton iTrader: (0)	Does it just go away?
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Tzu Lieutenant Colonel 29 Rep 1,551 Posts Drives: 335i Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Toronto iTrader: (1)	I had this once as well when it was very very cold, -20C. My exhaust flap froze shut, and I had to drive around to warm it up so it could open, I figured I may have overheated that seal or something. Smell has not returned since.
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beppy Private 8 Rep 81 Posts Drives: 06 325i ZPP ZSP ZCW Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Toronto iTrader: (0)	Same thing happened to me. Exhaust tip frozen could be it. Where is that located btw?
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