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Old 11-25-06, 10:06 PM
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In my 98 gs300, when I am driving, if i floor it and drive it hard, i can sometimes smell something that smells kinda burnt coming from my engine... the heat meter in the dash is close to Cool than hot, so i dunno what it is...

ex. I was driving home, and i see a nice straight with no traffic (or cops, i go this way regularly) and while rolling along at the 30 speed limit i floor the accelerator and get going 90 or 95. I arrive at my house 5 min later to smell something that smells like something burning, and the front of my car where the engine is making a ticking noise fairly fast. (and it was quite cold outside that day.)

help please
Old 11-26-06, 02:28 PM
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I would look under the vehicle on the exaust for any type of a plastic bag that got stuck and melted onto it.If there is no bag,then you might have an oil leak of somekind dripping and burning on the exaust.
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well, if it helps i had my oil changed out about a month (or two) ago, and they said some oil got into the 'brace' (whatever that is.)... they didnt clean up the oil in the brace, they just let it sit.
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Originally Posted by Justakid
In my 98 gs300, when I am driving, if i floor it and drive it hard, i can sometimes smell something that smells kinda burnt coming from my engine... the heat meter in the dash is close to Cool than hot, so i dunno what it is...

ex. I was driving home, and i see a nice straight with no traffic (or cops, i go this way regularly) and while rolling along at the 30 speed limit i floor the accelerator and get going 90 or 95. I arrive at my house 5 min later to smell something that smells like something burning, and the front of my car where the engine is making a ticking noise fairly fast. (and it was quite cold outside that day.)

help please
did you check for oil?

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