Burnt Smells...

[ebumdude]

Check this sh*t out....


My wife thought her water broke tonight. I was 45 minutes away....

So I floored it on the freeway with my hazards on. I have an I4.

I was doing about....(well, lets say a high rate of speed).......not to incriminate myself....I was safe...

My car has 3200 miles on it. When I parked I smelled something that smelled like, not burnt rubber, not burnt metal, not brake pads.....(cus I know what all these smell like).....

but more of a "hey you just broke me in" type of smell.....It was a "burnt something"....I just cant put my finger on it. Hot maybe??

you guys think this is normal or what? Any opinions other than I should get a V6?.....

[warpedrotor]

Maybe just crap buring off the engine/exhaust cause it got really hot? I find mine (I4) smells like burning paint thinner/garbage when you first start it in cold weather, probably rich mixture, you get a richer mixture too when your driving hard, cat. converters dealing with it?

[clarkgrizwald]

sound normal to me. probably the first time its ever peen really punched. congratulations man! good times..

[ebumdude]

needless to say, wasn't the water....

damn mexican food...

anyway....yeah, it does feel great to "whip" it into shape after being a baby to it for 3 months.

I was surprised how it handled, being an I4 and all. Zip, zing, in and out of traffic. No hesitations or anything.

I love it.

[clarkgrizwald]

/\ well in any event your expecting. so i was congratulating you on that! you can give him/her your camry when he/she is old enough to drive!

[Netforcer]

burnt road kill?

[Camread]

maybe you were near an active volcano?

[jimmy-j]

if you're driving manual, it could be your clutch.

clutch burn smells sort of... i almost wanna say fishy type but not really. lol.. it's one of those smells.

most likely it is your brake pads though

[CamrySExxx]

maybe its your exhaust from driving at WOT, ive had that but the burning smell smelt more like shit than anything

[Mistabullet]

It's normal, my V6 also makes that smell after pushing it hard (And I mean hard). It's just getting broken in.

[TRD VVTi]

It sounds normal to me.

After several hours of high speed driving I pulled up to a buddy of mine's house. He said that he could smell everything coming from my car. There was nothing wrong with it of course.

[ebumdude]

No road kill, no volcano's ...didn't run over any poop.

I did indeed push it hard though, probably the hardest I've ever driven a car before. If I dropped a tranny, or if pieces just started falling off the car, then I'd be worried...Glad to see Camry's are tough. Cool, well thanks fellas for all the feedback. Just wanted to see if someone else ever smelled this before. I do appreciate it.

[MrSo0h0o]

off topic, but: "it tastes like burning"- Ralph Wiggum...

sorry for some reason the title just reminded me of that lol

but anyways, its prob just all the buildup you had from babying it and then punching it so hard

[JAKSTER]

What about the water mad did it break or did the kid kick her in the kidney and she peed on herself hahahaha. Hope things go smooth DAD!

[wonger]

when they are brand new the engine and metal parts under the hood are coated with some anti rust stuff which burns off when the engine gets hot.. i smell this every time i test drive a PDI but the engine has to get pretty hot to burn it off. it will go away once its all burned off