Wow that stinks.

[jermyjerm]

Everytime I stay at full throttle through 4th gear(up to about 100-110)or pull a big hill a horrible smell fills my car.I figure its just a worn clutch.Anyone else experience this?

[manaburrn]

Yeah, I was going so fast I shit myself

[JSM1284]

Does it smell like eggs or sulfer? If so, this is a normal occurance at high load/RPM driving.

[ebumdude]

Originally Posted by JSM1284

Does it smell like eggs or sulfer? If so, this is a normal occurance at high load/RPM driving.

thats what i was about to say.

the same thing happened in my buddy's gen6 as well.

[geoff5093]

Happens to me occasionally. I'm going to take a guess and say that the smell your smelling is the burning carbon build-up that accumulates in the throttle body, and when you floor it or accelerate hard, the increase in air will let free some of the carbon build up, and burn it, causing the smell.

Again, thats just a guess.

[TRD VVTi]

Originally Posted by jermyjerm

Everytime I stay at full throttle through 4th gear(up to about 100-110)or pull a big hill a horrible smell fills my car.I figure its just a worn clutch.Anyone else experience this?

Horrible doesn't exactly describe what kind of smell that it might be.

Judging by how you pound the piss out of your car, I'd guess that you may very well have a slipping clutch.

[Aceventura9586]

LOL @ "pound the piss"

[jermyjerm]

it doesnt smell like rotten eggs.it doesnt happen everytime i floor it.only if i take it full throttle above 100 or pull the long mountain road to my parents.i dont notice slipping in the lower gears,it seems to hook up during hard launches but maybe the wind resistance at high speed makes it slip.

[TRD VVTi]

That's what happens when you beat a family car like it's a performance car.

Please, post some more vids of you beating on your car and showing us how fast it is. I could use a good laugh...

[JSM1284]

Originally Posted by jermyjerm

it doesnt smell like rotten eggs.it doesnt happen everytime i floor it.only if i take it full throttle above 100 or pull the long mountain road to my parents.i dont notice slipping in the lower gears,it seems to hook up during hard launches but maybe the wind resistance at high speed makes it slip.

Does it smell like Sulfer? This is normal.

[jermyjerm]

it is not a rotten egg/sulfur smell.it is not a rich condition causing unburned fuel to enter the cat,thus causing that smell. i know that smell and i sorta figured clutch would smell like brake lining.maybe some fluid is getting on the clutch and burning.

[w203]

yea that does stink, as with this title