bad smell at high rpms
bad smell at high rpms basically, i've posted about this problem before, but no one had an answer. pretty much when i drive my car hard, it lets off a really really sour odor when above 4k rpms. if i rev the car above 4k without that car being under load, no smell. this isn't a clutch burning smell. the tranny works great. the smell is something else, something engine related. it's been going on for at LEAST a year now, never getting better or worse.
when you pop the hood after running it, you can smell a faint smell of antifreeze burning, but the car looses very little (if any) coolant. i would guess there is a small leak, but it's not something that has dripped on the ground before, and i can never see a trace of it underneath the hood.
the car drives fine. i could guarantee the power has not changed any. nothing makes weird noises or shakes or anything. the only thing is that an awful smell protrudes from underneath the hood at high rpms.
any guessers out there? i seem to have the weirdest car problems ever, by the way....
when you pop the hood after running it, you can smell a faint smell of antifreeze burning, but the car looses very little (if any) coolant. i would guess there is a small leak, but it's not something that has dripped on the ground before, and i can never see a trace of it underneath the hood.
the car drives fine. i could guarantee the power has not changed any. nothing makes weird noises or shakes or anything. the only thing is that an awful smell protrudes from underneath the hood at high rpms.
any guessers out there? i seem to have the weirdest car problems ever, by the way....
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I think I rememeber when you posted this question before...or if not..it was someone else with the same question. I've smelled the same smell in both cars...always after high rpm's under load. I know it's not clutch in Firehawk..I know it's not tranny in the WS6 (tranny gauge is one way I know..temps are never high enough.). It can't be cats either in my case...or I don't think so because the cats on both cars have been gutted.
My husband never says he can smell it when I do and mention something...maybe we just have more sensitive noses...
Never figured out what it was...but doesn't seem to be affecting either car...
My husband never says he can smell it when I do and mention something...maybe we just have more sensitive noses...
Never figured out what it was...but doesn't seem to be affecting either car...
Your answer should be in here. https://ls1tech.com/forums/generation-iii-internal-engine/426903-high-rpm-smell-like-skunk-lol.html
