Burning Smell

[Treyz]

Yeah nah, deff not a sweet smell.

Well after 3 days, the smell seems to have gone away.

Basically I let the car run and blow as stated by Shroomster. Still gonna look under the car just incase, but it seems to have done the trick. It was just weird that it had happened out of the blue. All 5 of my previous cars never did anything like that.

Originally Posted by CTScott

Were you by any chance running the heat for the first time this season?

No been running it for about a a month to two months.

[Shroomster]

Originally Posted by Treyz

Yeah nah, deff not a sweet smell.

Well after 3 days, the smell seems to have gone away.

Basically I let the car run and blow as stated by Shroomster. Still gonna look under the car just incase, but it seems to have done the trick. It was just weird that it had happened out of the blue. All 5 of my previous cars never did anything like that.


No been running it for about a a month to two months.

My civic does the same thing

and I remember in school the heaters would have dust on the coils from being in storage and you could smell the dust burning off

Originally Posted by TREYZ

I haven't flushed the system yet since I bought the car (normally I did every year with previous cars). It might be but wouldn't that smell different and sweet rather than a burning smell?

actually I didn't mean to flush the coolant system I meant give it a few days of using the heat to flush out the smell

and yeah the sweet smell would be a leak because that smell stays with the coolant

the burning smell is an end result of the reaction.....