burning smell after acceleration
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burning smell after acceleration
I have a 2003 maxima 6spd. Whenever i put the car under hard acceleration wether it be from a dead stop or rolling down the highway i get this burning kind of smell. Its hard to tell what the smell is or the cause. During normal driving i never smell anything. The car has 70k miles on it. I bought the car with 50k miles on it and it started shortly after that. Anyone have any ideas on what it could be? or ever experienced this?
Oh yeah and i dont have any issues with slipping clutch or brakes so its not those..
Oh yeah and i dont have any issues with slipping clutch or brakes so its not those..
#2
Did you look under the car at the exhaust?
Dead rodent stuck against the exhaust?
Dragging brakes? See if any rotors are alot hotter than any others after a drive. Use an infrared heat gun, not your finger.
Dead rodent stuck against the exhaust?
Dragging brakes? See if any rotors are alot hotter than any others after a drive. Use an infrared heat gun, not your finger.
#3
yeah no dead rodents here. the smell only comes after hard acceleration. not sure how the previous owner drove the vehicle. maybe the cats stopped up. im gonna get under the hood and the car this weekend and get to figuring it out.
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!!!!!! I have the same problem, but never posted about it. I have it with this car and with my 2001 auto that I had. I was never really worried about it. People are saying it's the cat... as long as we're not getting an SES light though, we should be ok right?
#13
Yup! Been there, done that.......took me a week...damn thing wrapped up over my exhaust and couldn't really see it from just kneeling down there....
#15
me too i couldn't get it off it smelt for like a month but anyway it's probably the cat I have the same problem mine smells like rotten eggs when I'm rippin up a highway on ramp... got to merge at highway speeds lol
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don't feel bad bumping this thread, i'm smelling the same thing, its coming into the interior with all vents closed. same as mostly every one else merging to freeway speeds. On top of that I'm also hearing a lower end rattling in the engine, while casual driving in lower rmp ranges. my 89 SE 5 speed was much less problems than this 5.5.
#31
The smell of rotten eggs is fine, just pushing the rpm too much. I know on my Max after replacing the cat with test pipes the rotten egg smell went away but it now smells like burning plastic
I driven my moms lexus when it was new and only have 3,000 miles and decided to "play" with it a bit right after i parked the car i could smell the rotten egg smell.
I driven my moms lexus when it was new and only have 3,000 miles and decided to "play" with it a bit right after i parked the car i could smell the rotten egg smell.
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