Burning smell
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Burning smell
Im looking at a 2001 trans am with 37k miles on it. the other day i test drove it and the guy let me stomp on it. it has a 6speed witch im used to driveing but when i got to the next red light i got a wiff of some buring i dunno if thats normal for an ls1 after revving it up or would that be the clutch if i wasnt driving right.or does it just sound like a bad car. also 3rd gear and higher were hard to find had to wiggle shifter around to get it in
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umm well when i stoped at the rd light the tees were off and i just got a quick smell or burning didnt smell like oil, and its wasnt rich mixture i had almost like the smell of a brand new engine when you beat on it before its broken in
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oh and someone told me it sounds like syncros with the shifting is it really normally that hard to get 3rd to the point that you have to wiggle it and play to find it
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no i was already driveing the car a little and im not good takeing off i stalled it like 2 times and i took off from a stop then hit 2nd relatively hard, easy into 3rd then costedand stopped
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Originally Posted by 777
that's prolly your driving...how many miles on the car and what year is it...i wouldn't worry about it...sounds to me like you just aren't used to the m6...
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none taken i never owned a stick so this is new to me only driven a couple hondas and hyundais in stick. the car is 18.5k tryng to get in cheaper and yes completely stock. i got a 88 monte ss with a 350 a little worked but still not enough