I am beginning to notice a "hot glue" odor coming from my car and cannot figure out what is causing it. The reason I post this in the transmission section is because, sometimes when I pop into 1st gear for a few seconds for whatever reason the smell comes. Any other time, the transmission works perfectly, no odors, no noises. It's a stock 4l60e and I'm just turning over 63k miles, never had the tranny touched (not even a fluid change, any input on that?)

Thank you very much,
Kyle

 

to rule out the tranny look at fluid color and smell

 

If it is not the tranny, why would high revs cause that odor?

Ah, my coolant looks dirty. :/

Should probably flush that, anyone know how much off the top of their head?

 

Hi revs create lots of heat in many areas , Headers , etc

 

This is true, but if it's a heat issue, then something is melting, or so it smells.

I'm gonna see about getting my tranny fluid changed, I'm so stoked to break the bank