after all the actsus and AC problem... I parked my car for a week, came home after a road trip, took the Q out and start it and make couple route around the block, It start to smell like buring plastic, I did some errands around town, the smell still there, but no smoke at all ..... checked all the fluid, everything are fine .... I know this is like shooting in the dark, but any has the same problem? it smell like PVC/bakelite plastic burn, not the nylon bag kindda smell......
Man love this car but ... issues keep popping like crazy!
burning plastic smell !!!!
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Re: burning plastic smell !!!! (HenryG35)
I bet there's a plastic bag stuck to the exhaust.
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goody90q45
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Re: burning plastic smell !!!! (HenryG35)
Have you got a frozen idler pulley? Could it be one of your belts your smelling?
Re: burning plastic smell !!!! (bullittandy)
That's happened to me - really annoying until it all burns off. Easy to check.bullittandy wrote:I bet there's a plastic bag stuck to the exhaust.
Re: burning plastic smell !!!! (bullittandy)
Ya gotta watch out for those plastic bags and paper blowing around on the roadways. I've had them get sucked up in front of the radiator and block airflow enough to make the temp gauge start climbing. I try to avoid running over them, or at least when I can't, watch in my rear view mirror to make sure they didn't stay with me.bullittandy wrote:I bet there's a plastic bag stuck to the exhaust.