jarraa@gmail.com

Hello all,
I have a burning smell comming from me driving the car (when I get
out of the car after a drive I notice it). It has 83K miles on it and
the timing belt still has not been changed. Any ideas/thoughts would be
appreciated.

-assad

Edwin Pawlowski

<jarraa@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hello all,
> I have a burning smell comming from me driving the car (when I get
> out of the car after a drive I notice it). It has 83K miles on it and
> the timing belt still has not been changed. Any ideas/thoughts would be
> appreciated.

Burning smell takes in a lot of possibilities. Could be oil dripping on the
exhaust manifold, could be a belt ready to let go, Could be an electric fan
motor burning up, wires touching something hot,.

jarraa@gmail.com

Agreed. Was vague.
Ok, so looks like no oil dripping on the manifold.

Belts look fairly old.
Have not changed the timiing belt (could it be that?)

how would I check for:
electric fan motor burning up?
wires touching something hot?

should I be checking for anything else?

At 83K what should be expected to be going from a 02 elantra?

Thanks.

-assad

Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
> <jarraa@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1166290003.011202.105390@n67g2000cwd.googlegr oups.com...
> > Hello all,
> > I have a burning smell comming from me driving the car (when I get
> > out of the car after a drive I notice it). It has 83K miles on it and
> > the timing belt still has not been changed. Any ideas/thoughts would be
> > appreciated.
>
> Burning smell takes in a lot of possibilities. Could be oil dripping on the
> exhaust manifold, could be a belt ready to let go, Could be an electric fan
> motor burning up, wires touching something hot,.

Paradox

caught a shopping back on your catalytic converter? those can smell for
awhile until they melt away.

<jarraa@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1166312245.529616.62730@79g2000cws.googlegrou ps.com...
> Agreed. Was vague.
> Ok, so looks like no oil dripping on the manifold.
>
> Belts look fairly old.
> Have not changed the timiing belt (could it be that?)
>
> how would I check for:
> electric fan motor burning up?
> wires touching something hot?
>
> should I be checking for anything else?
>
> At 83K what should be expected to be going from a 02 elantra?
>
> Thanks.
>
> -assad
>
> Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
> > <jarraa@gmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:1166290003.011202.105390@n67g2000cwd.googlegr oups.com...
> > > Hello all,
> > > I have a burning smell comming from me driving the car (when I get
> > > out of the car after a drive I notice it). It has 83K miles on it and
> > > the timing belt still has not been changed. Any ideas/thoughts would
be
> > > appreciated.
> >
> > Burning smell takes in a lot of possibilities. Could be oil dripping on
the
> > exhaust manifold, could be a belt ready to let go, Could be an electric
fan
> > motor burning up, wires touching something hot,.
>

Brian Nystrom

jarraa@gmail.com wrote:
> Agreed. Was vague.
> Ok, so looks like no oil dripping on the manifold.
>
> Belts look fairly old.

Then replace them.

> Have not changed the timiing belt (could it be that?)

No, not likely, but you're risking destroying your engine by not
changing it. Letting it go is false economy at best.

> At 83K what should be expected to be going from a 02 elantra?

Nothing in particular. A "burning smell" doesn't tell us much, as there
are many types of burning smells. It could be a dragging brake pad,
burning wiring, a belt rubbing on something, etc. It sounds like you're
not keeping up with the maintenance on the car. I'd say it's time to get
caught up on what you've neglected to do. If nothing else, that will
eliminate some possible sources of the smell.

Andre

you seem to be awful concerned about the timing belt causing the burning
smell.

your best bet would be to have a mechanic take the belt off and inspect it
thoroughly, and then replace it with a new one, since you are driving on
borrowed time right now.


"Brian Nystrom" <brian.nystrom@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> jarraa@gmail.com wrote:
>> Agreed. Was vague.
>> Ok, so looks like no oil dripping on the manifold.
>>
>> Belts look fairly old.
>
> Then replace them.
>
>> Have not changed the timiing belt (could it be that?)
>
> No, not likely, but you're risking destroying your engine by not changing
> it. Letting it go is false economy at best.
>
>> At 83K what should be expected to be going from a 02 elantra?
>
> Nothing in particular. A "burning smell" doesn't tell us much, as there
> are many types of burning smells. It could be a dragging brake pad,
> burning wiring, a belt rubbing on something, etc. It sounds like you're
> not keeping up with the maintenance on the car. I'd say it's time to get
> caught up on what you've neglected to do. If nothing else, that will
> eliminate some possible sources of the smell.