Ericc

I noticed the burining smell firs ttime I drove it, thought I messed something up.

A_Missile

^^ I thought so too, but a salesperson told me to take a look at the engine and all the numbers on each part that had been applied with marker. "It'll all burn off" he told me, and I did notice a certain burnt ink smell the first couple hundred miles.

The_Instigator

It might be the clutch. Clutch pads are made of the same material as brake pads so its likely that could be it. I dont know what your friend did to his, but if it smells like something other than brakes, he must have really burnt it badly.

scoobyroo2002

Is it a bad thing to keep smelling it? I mean i am not shifting wrong everthing is perfect.

Sparta

i smell it too but it should go away after 1000 miles. nothing to worry about

Dat_Dude

huh?

codycat

Could be the Catalitic Converter.

Does it smell like rotten eggs?

scoobyroo2002

No it doesnt.

xnevergiveinx

i don't get a smell. only one i ever got was the clutch smell, it lasts for about the first 1000 miles as the clutch breaks in

scoobyroo2002

You think it's because i dont drive much so it's taking longer to burn the smell away? I mean i have had my car 11 months now..but i only have 6K on it.

scoobyroo2002

Just thought about something, When i first got the car i remember this smell, then it went away for the longest time..and now all of a sudden it's back? WTF HA!

sciontc_mich

it's possible your dealer was messy and dripped oil onto the engine somewhere and it's not burning off.. that they dripped oil at an oil change.. there's a good idea

scoobyroo2002

Well...that is plausible, i just had my oil changed not to long ago, it could still be burning off. Hmmmmm??

sciontc_mich

yeah.. depends on how much they dripped by being messy.. and where they ended up dripping this..

biq question is this.. if it started to smell sometime after the oil change, then yeah could be that they spilled some.. i'd also make sure youre not leaking oil from an oil filter not put on right (would spray and burn oil onto the oil pan area)..

scoobyroo2002

SHIZA!!!! never thought about that...i will check my oil level before starting my car.

notintheface

cough*search*cough

scoobyroo2002

hey the search function can sometimes be useless...and sometimes helpful. So...quit coughin GERMS he he.

sciontc_mich

yeah i've been here for a little over a year and i've never read anything about a recurring burning smell.. so yeah stop the coughing..

hey scooby, did you check your oil yet? and is it leaking from the oil filter? (lay down on the ground and the oil filter is right there in the front, underneath)..

scoobyroo2002

I have not checked yet....i have been painting my room, havent had a chance to go outside yet.

versello

I just got my '06 Scion tC on Sept 1st. It also had a burning smell, but after a few days of driving, it seems to have gone away.