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02-29-2008, 06:08 PM	#1
bluejays026 Member 1998 Nissan Maixma Join Date: Dec 2007 iTrader: (0) Posts: 37	Oil burning smell i just changed my oil and drove around for about 70 miles and i could smell my oil burning. it smelt like old oil was still in the engine. does anyone know what this could be. __________________ 1998 Nissan Maxima GLE

02-29-2008, 06:10 PM	#2
NmexMAX Certified Hooptie Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Espanola, NM iTrader: (11) Posts: 27,119	Did you spill it somewhere? __________________ 03 SE 4AT 242whp/238wtq 95 SE 4AT 235k Miles

02-29-2008, 06:41 PM	#3
bluejays026 Member 1998 Nissan Maixma Join Date: Dec 2007 iTrader: (0) Posts: 37	yeah but i wiped it up. i has been doing this for a while. __________________ 1998 Nissan Maxima GLE

03-01-2008, 06:29 PM	#4
SilverMax_04 Senior Member 2004 SE w 6 Speed Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado iTrader: (0) Posts: 1,794	That is likely what you are smelling. The spilled oil slowly burning off of wherever you spilled it. __________________

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