 weird oil like smell after engine shut off, is it normal? |
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| ziggy101 |
  Oct 17 2006, 06:35 PM
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Drive it like you stole it!!  Group: Members Posts: 60 Joined: 16-July 06 Member No.: 6,451  |
ok, so ill run the car until its nice and hot, operating temp, and when i shut the car off, it smells like oil...kind of. theres no oil leaking anywhere, however, and the dipstick is showing the same thing every time.
could it just be the heat? theres no smoke. just curious if its only heat smell. any ideas? thanks |
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| So.Cal.914 |
Oct 17 2006, 07:20 PM
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"...And it has a front trunk too." Group: Members Posts: 6,588 Joined: 15-February 04 From: Low Desert, CA./ Hills of N.J. Member No.: 1,658 Region Association: None |
Mine dosen't smell like burnt oil just for the heck of it, have you checked on top of
the H/E 's two see if your valve covers or push rod tubes are leaking? Just a drop or two will make it smell. Come to think of it a small leak from the tailend of the trany can end up on your muffler and can smell up the joint. |
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| HeloMech |
Oct 17 2006, 07:25 PM
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Go Ahead, Get Pistoph! Group: Members Posts: 691 Joined: 31-August 05 From: Roy, WA Member No.: 4,718 Region Association: Southern California |
I had leaks from pushrod tubes that were dripping down onto the heat exchangers. We're talking ALOT of leaks though. I would drive the car, when I'd pull up to a stop, I'd have a cloud of smoke come around me... like, I was all 007 james bond, cloak of mystique! lol.
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