'17 BRZ burning smell

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Overdrive

It's fortunate that you found it, and more fortunate that it didn't catch somewhere that could ignite and burn up the rest of your car. Did it get stuck on the skid plate or farther back where the exhaust plumbing and drive shaft are?

Guy in the army took a jeep through some bulrushes once. A bunch got stuck up underneath. On the way back to base they burst into flames while going down the highway. Wasn't a good day for Private Ditmier!

[JD001]

It's in the bag, move on...

[Overdrive]

Nah, I think I'll let him answer my question first since the crisis is essentially over.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Overdrive

Nah, I think I'll let him answer my question first since the crisis is essentially over.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by JD001

It's in the bag, move on...


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NOT YET! ........ ol humfrz is trying to remember a back-in-the-day story ......


humfrz

[JD001]

Originally Posted by humfrz

NOT YET! ........ ol humfrz is trying to remember a back-in-the-day story ......


humfrz

Yeah but before the invention of plastic bags we had paper bags and they just didn't have the capacity to add aromatic fragrances when excited..intrigued to read a "back-in-the-day story".

[Overdrive]

I had something for this, something along the lines of siccing Captain Planet on the original littering offender... But it's gone now.

[Zoh]

Originally Posted by Overdrive

It's fortunate that you found it, and more fortunate that it didn't catch somewhere that could ignite and burn up the rest of your car. Did it get stuck on the skid plate or farther back where the exhaust plumbing and drive shaft are?

It's almost dead center under the car, so I assume it's wrapped around some exhaust piping or something. I haven't had a chance to get under it and take it all off yet. Will probably try tonight after work. Don't like the idea of climbing under the car with it jacked up and on stands, but eh, I'm sure it'll be fine haha

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by JD001

Yeah but before the invention of plastic bags we had paper bags and they just didn't have the capacity to add aromatic fragrances when excited..intrigued to read a "back-in-the-day story".

Well, sorry to disappoint, but, the only thing that I ever picked up that started a fire was a bunch of dry corn stalks that got jammed up between the exhaust manifold and exhaust pipe on an old ford ferguson tractor.

Yep, pulled them out with ma bare hands ...... got some burns ...... but, they weren't as bad as the thrashing my father would have given me for allowing the tractor to burn up ......


humfrz

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Zoh

It's almost dead center under the car, so I assume it's wrapped around some exhaust piping or something. I haven't had a chance to get under it and take it all off yet. Will probably try tonight after work. Don't like the idea of climbing under the car with it jacked up and on stands, but eh, I'm sure it'll be fine haha

On stands will be fine. Just jacked up not so much.

[JD001]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Well, sorry to disappoint, but, the only thing that I ever picked up that started a fire was a bunch of dry corn stalks that got jammed up between the exhaust manifold and exhaust pipe on an old ford ferguson tractor.

Yep, pulled them out with ma bare hands ...... got some burns ...... but, they weren't as bad as the thrashing my father would have given me for allowing the tractor to burn up ......


humfrz

LOFL!!! Well that was certainly worth the wait, very leftfield and not too corny.. just wish I had popcorn...

[HKz]

Originally Posted by Zoh

Solved the mysterious burning smell...
Turns out I ran over a plastic bag (One of those clear, thick ones. The type shit comes packaged in, not the grocery store kind) and it caught on the underneath of the car, dead center, and it's melted on. I yanked some of it off (what I could reach), but I'd have to lift the car to scrape the rest of it off, or just wait until it all melts off

lol something similar happened to me as well..I was driving on the highway and there was an empty gallon jug that I couldn't avoid so it got sandwiched between the undercarriage and ground for about 5 minutes until I was able to pull into a parking lot and take it out..the plastic smell lasted for a couple weeks

[TheWhiteWizard13]

Originally Posted by Zoh

Was really hoping they fixed it in the 17's
Plus, almost 8000 miles without them.

I'm a little sad. 😔

mine come and they go periodically, i noticed after getting the oil changed is when crickets are quietest.

[Amatsukaze]

Originally Posted by Zoh

Was really hoping they fixed it in the 17's
Plus, almost 8000 miles without them.

I'm a little sad. 😔

Just fill up at Shell stations with V-power, or anywhere you can get 0% Ethanol, My engine's never got the crickets running that stuff, the only time I've had them was a road trip through the USA where I got stuck filling up at stations that had ethanol mix gas, I think it's got something to do with that, the chirping went away after a couple tanks of 0% Ethanol went through the pump again.. That or it was just a coincidence