Weird smell

[AlexWood]

Originally Posted by GotBRZ1691

That sucks. I walked in and told them my transmission was no good and after a 5 minute test drive I had the paperwork



My car makes a weird smell going uphill though. Need to figure that one out





OP what year is your twin?



Could it be a valve cover? you mentioned cam plate, so thats out.



Did you adjust your clutch pedal at all? I adjusted mine and after another 10,000 miles had to readjust it slightly.



Just throwing what comes to mind out there

It's a 2013. Yeah I checked the cam plate, haven't checked around the valve covers yet. Nope, I haven't adjusted the clutch pedal either. I'm gunna to get under it this weekend and root around. I got gas at a new gas station on this full up, it's a stretch but maybe a bad tank of gas is making it smell weird. Haha I'm scraping the bottom of the barrel for ideas.

[Tt3Sheppard]

Originally Posted by AlexWood

Ive began to get a weird smell coming into the cabin over the past couple of days. It's almost like a burning smell, kind of like burnt clutch. I've narrowed it done to be on the drivers side only, I can only smell it on that side. The car runs fine, no slipping, no overheating, nothing out of the ordinary. I only smell it after I've been sitting at a light and then begin to take off. I get a quick whiff and then it's gone, especially after a long highway commute is when I smell it the most. You can also smell it outside if the car while it's idling.

I have some theories but I can't diagnose any single issue. I thought clutch, but I haven't beaten on it and it seems to smell no matter if I drive it hard or granny shift it. I also thought brakes but I have good pedal feel, the pads have good meat left and it smells even while sitting still for an extended period of time. I checked the cam plate for the leak that some people have seen and there's not a drop of oil on the over pipe. The only other thing I can think of is that I hit a bag in the road or something and it's slowly melting on the exhaust, but I haven't gotten up under the car to check.

Im stumped, I keep going back to clutch but I just find it hard to believe that it could be the issue. Car has 21k miles and this isn't my first manual car so it just seems unlikely.

Anyone have any ideas?

I've had this smell for some time now, its either A) the leaking cam plate or B) some rubber burning in the engine bay, or C) rubber smell from tires.

[bababooey]

i too have a faint whiff of burnt oil after coming to a stop (at a red light or bumper to bumper traffic) only after ive ran highway for like 3 hours. never found any drops under the car after moving from a parking space.

[Yurgle]

Subaru apply some paraffin wax (don't know how you call it..) over the engine/transmission/exposed metal under the hood to protect it from corrosion. Or at least they do here in Europe.

My GT86 showed some greenish paste on those parts, and a faint smell of burn oil/rubber when the car was hot ; which was in fact this paraffin thing burning.

I had the dealership clean it. No more smell since

[Chee-Hu]

Originally Posted by Tt3Sheppard

I've had this smell for some time now, its either A) the leaking cam plate or B) some rubber burning in the engine bay, or C) rubber smell from tires.

I was thinking A. Check the bottom of the cam plate for any signs of oil. The smell is cause by oil dripping on the header and burning it.