When turn the heat on in my 2004 Legacy get a smell like burning oil...car
seems to run fine and heat fine but it concerns me. Any thoughts?

TIA, TMK

On Oct 14, 10:42*pm, "TMK" <tmkhatess... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

Possibly a torn CV joint boot is allowing grease to be thrown onto hot
exhaust.

It doesn't smell like toasted marshmalllows I hope (coolant)

Looked all over but not there...thanks for the reply will check in the
morning!

Regards, T


"1 Lucky Texan" <alckytxn (AT) swbell (DOT) net> wrote

On Oct 14, 10:42 pm, "TMK" <tmkhatess... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

Possibly a torn CV joint boot is allowing grease to be thrown onto hot
exhaust.

It doesn't smell like toasted marshmalllows I hope (coolant)

TMK wrote:
crawled under and saw spots on exhaust system that caused smell. It was
repaired under the drive train warranty.

Thank you...going to see dealer Sat or Mon...have the Gold Plus warranty;
sure they will fix it...appreciate the input!

T

"Frank" <frankperiodlogullo (AT) comcast (DOT) net> wrote