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It smells sweet -- of pancake syrup. Or celery seed...
The new car burning smell is probably just the oils burning off the engine. As the engine warms up for the first time, it will release a odor that smells like something is burning.
A car heater that smells like burning rubber could be an indication of a belt that is slipping. The slipping belt smell can be drawn in from the engine compartment into the passenger cabin.
When your car smells like the engine is hot, is the engine hot? If it smells hot and the engine is not hot, then you have coolant escaping onto a hot surface. You may have bad radiator hoses, a leaky radiator, a blown gasket, or some other problem. You need to find the leak.
Oil on engine burning as engine overheats. Sort of common sense, don't ya think?
Excessive white smoke could mean a bad egr cooler which means it is burning coolant or it could be unburned fuel. You need to check and see what it smells like. Egr coolers are only on newer vehicles.
If it is loosing coolant, it is either leaking or you have a blown head gasket. You say it is not leaking or burning it. Sorry, but you are incorrect. It is doing one or the other. Sometimes a leak can be in a location where the coolant evaporates before hitting the ground. Check you oil for the presence of coolant. Smell the tailpipe, if it smells sweet, you have a blown head gasket. Remove the radiator cap and start the cold engine. Watch and if you see bubbles, blown gasket. Feel underneath the water pump at the weep hole. If you feel coolant, bad pump.
Burning cotton will smell like burning paper because both cotton and paper come from plants and burning wool smells like burning hair because both wool and hair comes from animals.
Burning cotton smells like burning paper because it is extracted from plant same as the paper.Burning wool smells like burning hair because it is extracted from animals like sheep etc. and is actually the hair of the animal.
It depends. White smoke indicates coolant entering the combustion chamber. Normally caused by blown head gasket or cracked head or both. This MUST be repaired or your engine will be destroyed. STOP driving this vehicle until you get this repaired. In the winter a small amount of white smoke is normal at startup and is nothing more than water vapor. White smoke that smells sweet is coolant burning. Black smoke indicates an overly rich fuel/air mixture. Blue smoke indicates the engine is burning oil. Normally caused by worn engine parts.
You have a serious safety problem or a engine control problem. See a technician immediately! 3 minutes
You have a blown head gasket. Open your radiator while the engine is running. You should find exhaust coming from it.