Hey last night I did a couple of burnouts pretty much just two. And I smelled something really bad pretty much right afterwards. First thought was it was my clutch and was didn't care cause it's gonna be replaced soon anyways. But today when I popped the hood and revved her up again that same smell was coming from my engine, does anyone have any clue what it could be?

 

is it in addition to any smoke??? perhaps it is just a lingering odor from a burning clutch

 

well it always smokes out the exhaust do to oil drip and it just burns off after driving. But how could it linger? It only happens when I rev it though.

 

what does it smell like?? sweet like coolant, heavy like oil, a burning smell like clutch or brake pad lining???? is it strong??? does it get worsse the more you rev it??? does it go away???

 

clutch or brake pad, gets worse and it kinda goes after just dissipates. and it's strong

 

Maybe you glazed the clutch doing burnouts? Maybe you have some clutch lining dust floating around from your burnouts thats burning off? Just my guess.

 

but when I'm sitting there revving it just parked with the hood up I can smell it.....

 

Clutch smell lasts for a while... I towed my friend's Dodge Caravan with my Civic a couple miles and smelled clutch for days...

 

alright then it's something I don't really have to worry about?

 

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I dunno if it's not to worry about...

Keep cash aside for a clutch job, just in case... So long as you can still stall the car... Clutch is okay...

Try this:

Get out on the highway... Get it up to maybe 60 in 4th gear... That should be around 3-3.5 grand... Then just floor the gas pedal... If the revs go up and the car goes nowhere (as is the case in my Civic), then you'll need a clutch sometime soon... If the engine just lugs, or the car actually accelerates along with the engine... You're golden...

If you do need the clutch, DO NOT overlook the tranny and engine oil seals... The *** who put my clutch in 50K miles ago forgot those... It's pratcially a new clutch (Aside from my use of it as a tow vehicle) and it needs replaced already... Oil seals are less than $20

Clutches can take a LOT of abuse, but oil is not sometihng that they tolerate... Typical Japanese clutches go out after about 100-150K miles...

 

lol 3.5? I'm at 5K going 70 in 4th lol. What does that mean?

 

Try this. drive at a steady speed in 4th. Then without lifting your foot off the gad pedal, push in the clutch and watch as the tach needle goes up. Then lift the clutch pedal quickly and see how long it takes for the engine to slow back down to the speed of the tranny. If it's quick and jerks the car forward, you're good. If it takes a while (a couple seconds) and is nice and smooth, the clutch is getting worn a bit. I've found that to be a good test for a clutch that's near the end, but not quite there yet (close to the rivets, but still a couple thousand miles left on the lining).