Smells like teen transmission fluid? - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Howaitoguru · 08-13-2019, 07:36 AM

Nah but for real I started my car this morning and it smelt like straight transmission fluid. I drive a manual. Also I didn’t drive it yesterday but the back it down the driveway and didn’t have this problem. I also didn’t smell it until I started it up.

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finch1750 · 08-13-2019, 12:45 PM

Did you check to see if there's a leak?

Howaitoguru · 08-13-2019, 01:26 PM

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Did you check to see if there's a leak?

No leaks my car has been parked in the warehouse all day and it t

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Howaitoguru · 08-13-2019, 01:26 PM

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No leaks my car has been parked in the warehouse all day and it hasn’t had any leaks just the normal condensation from the ac.

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Tcoat · 08-13-2019, 01:50 PM

With no fluid out out, it's less dangerous
Figure it out now, entertain us
I feel interested and quite curious
Here we are now, entertain us
A loose drain plug, an oil leak, a mistakeo, my libido
Yeah, heyyyyyy

Irace86.2.0 · 08-13-2019, 02:04 PM

How many miles are on your car? Is there any other issues with the car?

Here is my TOB with the sleeve/cover broken off and the fluid was missing from the bearing. There was a smell coming from the transmission area when this was leaking before it finally broke.

Howaitoguru · 08-13-2019, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Irace86.2.0

How many miles are on your car? Is there any other issues with the car?

Here is my TOB with the sleeve/cover broken off and the fluid was missing from the bearing. There was a smell coming from the transmission area when this was leaking before it finally broke.

43351 miles. And normal wear. Normal gear grinding like all the twins. I only smelt it this morning and it was gone after driving to my first job. I’ve probably driven 35 miles today and still no smells. I just thought it was weird.

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Howaitoguru · 08-13-2019, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Irace86.2.0

How many miles are on your car? Is there any other issues with the car?

Here is my TOB with the sleeve/cover broken off and the fluid was missing from the bearing. There was a smell coming from the transmission area when this was leaking before it finally broke.

I do however drive my car fairly hard, but I don’t notice any problems honestly.

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Irace86.2.0 · 08-13-2019, 02:16 PM

You have low miles, so I doubt it is the TOB, but just pay attention to it. Other smells that can smell like oil is a belt slipping/burning, rubber/plastic burning against the manifold/engine, oil dripping on your exhaust system, possibly coolant hitting the exhaust system (possibly normal overflow/drainage from hot weather) and driving behavior like slipping the clutch by depressing it slightly and giving too much gas.

Will BRZ · 08-13-2019, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

With no fluid out out, it's less dangerous
Figure it out now, entertain us
I feel interested and quite curious
Here we are now, entertain us
A loose drain plug, an oil leak, a mistakeo, my libido
Yeah, heyyyyyy

Wow

Howaitoguru · 08-13-2019, 05:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tcoat

With no fluid out out, it's less dangerous
Figure it out now, entertain us
I feel interested and quite curious
Here we are now, entertain us
A loose drain plug, an oil leak, a mistakeo, my libido
Yeah, heyyyyyy

good shit man. I’m going to ride with my foreman the rest of the week. I’ll look at it this weekend when I have time.

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Decep · 08-13-2019, 09:52 PM

many of these cars have TEENY oil leaks that burn and smell. i think it just comes with the territory. check all the fluids regularly.

Spuds · 08-13-2019, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

With no fluid out out, it's less dangerous
Figure it out now, entertain us
I feel interested and quite curious
Here we are now, entertain us
A loose drain plug, an oil leak, a mistakeo, my libido
Yeah, heyyyyyy

I'm afraid to learn how your libido might have caused this poor fella's car to smell like transmission fluid...

Tcoat · 08-13-2019, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Spuds

I'm afraid to learn how your libido might have caused this poor fella's car to smell like transmission fluid...

Hello, hello, hello, how low
Hello, hello, hello, how low
Hello, hello, hello, how low
Hello, hello, hello

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Howaitoguru Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2019 Drives: 2016 Subaru BRZ Location: GA Posts: 283 Thanks: 113 Thanked 95 Times in 54 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Smells like teen transmission fluid? Nah but for real I started my car this morning and it smelt like straight transmission fluid. I drive a manual. Also I didn’t drive it yesterday but the back it down the driveway and didn’t have this problem. I also didn’t smell it until I started it up. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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Irace86.2.0 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2017 Drives: Q5 + BRZ + M796 Location: Santa Rosa, CA Posts: 7,884 Thanks: 5,668 Thanked 5,810 Times in 3,300 Posts Mentioned: 70 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	You have low miles, so I doubt it is the TOB, but just pay attention to it. Other smells that can smell like oil is a belt slipping/burning, rubber/plastic burning against the manifold/engine, oil dripping on your exhaust system, possibly coolant hitting the exhaust system (possibly normal overflow/drainage from hot weather) and driving behavior like slipping the clutch by depressing it slightly and giving too much gas. __________________ My Build \| K24 Turbo Swap \| K24T BRZ SOLD

08-13-2019, 09:52 PM	#12
Decep Senior Member Join Date: May 2017 Drives: 2013 FR-S Series 10 Location: CA Posts: 1,073 Thanks: 172 Thanked 497 Times in 326 Posts Mentioned: 6 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	many of these cars have TEENY oil leaks that burn and smell. i think it just comes with the territory. check all the fluids regularly.

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