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"Hot" smell coming from the car


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Hard to describe this as its not a burning smell and certainly isn't the clutch but it almost a sweet, hot smell (sounds so wrong)

that i notice when getting out of the car. It doesn't come into the cabin, just when i open the door.

 

It smells like when you've been driving the car hard in the wet but it does it when its dry too. Will need to try and see if there is something stuck on the exhaust but think that would have worn off now. If I lift the bonnet, the smell doesn't seem to be coming from there and the brakes seem ok so thinking it could be the exhaust but dont know what would cause this (got a Nismo system fitted).

 

Any help would be appreciated as usual :thumbs:

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A mate drover over a tesco bag a few years ago and it melted onto his exhaust - and stayed melted on for about 2 months so he had the smell of that melting every time he drove the car anywhere!

 

...ever since then i've always avoided carrier bags in the road :lol:

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A mate drover over a tesco bag a few years ago and it melted onto his exhaust - and stayed melted on for about 2 months so he had the smell of that melting every time he drove the car anywhere!

 

...ever since then i've always avoided carrier bags in the road :lol:

Good point well made, maybe check your water level, how's your water temp?

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