While driving wif my sunroof open dis afternoon and when the car wuz stationary at the lights, i got a whiff of a burning smell...like electric fire dat type of smell...

so when i got bk to my carpark i checked my engine oil level...u noe the dipstick got high and low markings...the oil level wuz at 1/4 mark closer to the low...could it be not enuff engine oil? oil pressure gauge shows mid-range leh but can be trusted anot?

I tot i imagining things but juz now after supper still got a whiff of the smell leh...wat gives?

 

Normal lah...shld be the clutch burning smell...I get that a lot when I juz got my
car...

 

errr....but my car not new leh...3 yrs old liao...still lidat?

 

Don't smoke in the car. Or someone's cig landed in your car.

No joke, once i had a female passenger who flicked her cig out to only have it landed in the rear.

 

if its not your clutch, (that you've been riding), it could be a plastic bag that wrapped itself around the exhaust. it happened to me 2 weeks ago. it was a taco bell bag that got stuck and melted on my exhaust (piping right after the catalytic converter).

 

I hate these uncivilised barbarians who dispose plastic bags on the roads. I had one stuck to my exhaust and it cause a little plastic stain in additon to the smell.

 

u veri farnee leh!

 

u may be right..hv to peer down there tmr...but i did notice 2day dat the smell is getting fainter....perhaps the plastic bag is melting away?

 

yup maybe due to tat, happen to me twice also.

 

It's happen to me too.some time once I hit after 7K,I would smell like smth burning...never know wht happen...I go to dealer and check and they said everything work fine....And now my car has run around 10K miles.but it still happen...

 

99% is plastic stuck to your exhaust. the smell wont wear off i think. u hav to start the car and warm up the exhaust, if not the plastic very hard to come off. then scrape off. but best is servicing time while car is hoisted, easier to scrape.

 

the smell wore off on mine after i scraped the plastic off. i sanded it down with 100 grit sandpaper because the plastic got too melted.

 

the smell's gone oredi...i didn't get to see any plastic bag stuck on the exhaust or other creepy crawlies glued to the muffler...i guess wadever wuz stuck there juz melted away..