whats that smell?

[nineteeaccord]

sumthing times when i drive with heat on i smeel sumthing burnt and step out i can still smeel a little, what is that?

[DrLove'sKuDang]

badussy?





ok, now seriously... what does it smell like? burning oil?? thats kinda like saying "i have a shirt on... what color is it?"

and is it only when you have the heat on? if you smell it and you turn your engine off do you still smell it... or is it only coming through the vents?

[nineteeaccord]

it coming thru the vents, it just smells like sumthing is burning

[dwf137]

either something is stuck in your heating lines, or possibly you're burning some oil. I used to have the same thing, thankfully I dont any more. Do you drip oil when you're parked? examine your engine all over, see if it's all gunked up anywhere, if so, it's probably an oil leak. Suposedly our car has 2 common oil leak problems once you hit high mileage...

Do you get the smell if you put the air on re-circulate?

[nineteeaccord]

yea, how do get rid of? what where are most common leaks located?

[accordaffair]

I also have some burning smells, but can't pin it down. It's a burning plastic smell. It started after I raced this guy the other day. First time I pushed 5500+ rpm, after that it started and now it shows up anytime I push revs. Like 3800+, a min after you can smell it. But I popped the hood, its not coming from there. Smelled the vents with blower on, not coming from there. Sniff sniff, I just can't tell where its coming from. Theres no smoke...where the heck is it...why is something burning/melting if it's not under the hood? I'm perplexed.

[dwf137]

a few of my friends have cb7's as well... one of the most common things is the oil leaks, and I honestly do not know where they are.. i think i remember being told one is the drive shaft bearing seal... i dunno for sure though... but what was happening on my cb7 was that the oil was leaking off of the engine, and dripping right onto the exaust, causing a burning smell, and producing a little bit of white smoke that was barely visable.

[Maple50175]

yeah mine smells too when i downshift and floor it. I found out where its comming from.. I think oil is leaking on the timming belt or the waterpump is leaking.. Because when i floor and it smell it i pulled oover looked in and smelled and it came from teh timming belt area....


I think its that...