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afro thunder 05-16-03 07:27 PM

burning smell
 
i've got an 87' GXL, and I just put on a new RB down pipe and presilencer, and I am now smelling s burning smell. I had driven it about a week, and then I did a donut, and I smelled burning rubber. The only problem, is that it wouldn't go away. I opened up my hatch and hood to try and vent it, but when my friends were following behind me, they said it smelled like burning. could this be a gasket, or something worse?

Turbonut 05-16-03 08:00 PM

Check your exhaust system. If the rubber "beads" from the tires contacted the hot exhaust system, they probably melted onto the pipes/mufflers. Hardens when cool, the burns again when hot. The smell will continue until all burns off. Could even be some foreign item is on the exhaust.

JerryLH3 05-16-03 08:29 PM

Sounds like rubber is stuck to the exhaust. I had a trucker blow out a tire next to me on the interstate one day and couldn't help but driving over tons of rubber. I got home, and realized the car was smoking and I could smell it burning. Once the car was cold I tried cleaning off the exhaust but it was up in there, kept burning for a week.


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