Burning Smell

[YarisJeddah]

Dear All,
MY car yaris 2008 is giving some kind of burning smell when i drive it on highway for 15-20 minutes or more....when i felt the smell, i stoped the car, checked the engine everyhing but no smell at all, againd started driving the same smell?
what is thsi burining?timing belt?? my car ODO meter 62000 KMs

[SolidGamble]

The Yaris has a timing chain, so it wouldn't burn up. Can you tell if it's and electrical burn smell, or a rubber type smell?

[yarismo]

hi, i have the same problem, i smell a burning smell when the speed reaches 130 km/H on the highway. is it normal !! I taught it could be the clutch !! what do you think!
i decided to install a cabin air filer, will this help ! (at least not smelling it agian:biggrin:)
note: my yaris is 2006, all parts are stock yet

[1.5]

Are you driving behind diesel trucks?

[Spidermandud]

I had my brakes done on the Blazer one time and the guys who did it completely screwed the pooch, and gave me a burning smell until I had it fixed. Have those done recently?

[LA Yaris]

:biggrin:You might of ran over a plastic bag, that melted on the exhaust.

[pennyracer]

get used to it thats the converter working due to the car when you run thegas pedel to the floor the car runs full fuel thru it for max power mine still does it at 94000 miles this is a fact i had a Toyota eng fly out to my local dealer and hook into obd2 port while driving with me on the road never seen such a detailed description of almost everything on the car he is the one who explained this to me he called closed loop when car is driven normal then when you fully accelerate its goes out of closed loop and the car runs full fuel thou it without the computer controlling it for max power then the converter is trying to do its job and that creates that burning smell you call it i even had the converter changed out prier to this Toyota guy coming out to take the test drive with me car had 30,000 miles when cat was changed that smell only show up on hard acceleration right ?