so recentley I've gotten a smell from my toyotas engine....ill admit i drive my car hard and by hard i mean i love to accelerate a lot.. but i have noticed that overtime i come from a short or long drive there is this present smell that smells of burning rubber....and i have never smelled this until i hit 8k miles... the only upgrades i have to my engine are a short ram intake but i installed that at 7k miles and it has a heat shield...the smell seems to rise from the bottom of the engine up...any ideas? I'm going to try driving with ought my short ram to see if its that...or I'm going to toyota because i mean if it was my hard driving that caused it..why would they add a Sport button????
Burning rubber smell From bottom of Engine @ 8k
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I opened the hood and check the belts which I thought that might have been the source of that smell but then I moved towards where the transmission sits and that's where the smell got stronger. I just had another rental car last month and it was a 2015 corolla LE wit the cvt and was driving the shit out of that one but I never did get that smell.
yea the smell is worrying me ....im sure its no suppose to be there.... ill give it 1k more miles and if smell is still there...than something must be wrong and ill take it in....and i don't believe its the cats....because I've driven to my local gas station and back on a cold start (which is less than a mile) and when i get home...burning smell.....
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My Miles are 24k
I drive the car well over 80 each time I get on it and I've only had it for about 7 months now.
I recently added a K&N filter drop in and a Borla exhaust (within this month) and I still don't smell a burning rubber or oil or anything besides the cabin. The cabin smells like metal has been in water. Ice cold then hot since I'm in Arizona .
So sorry bud can't help you there
My Miles are 24k
I drive the car well over 80 each time I get on it and I've only had it for about 7 months now.
I recently added a K&N filter drop in and a Borla exhaust (within this month) and I still don't smell a burning rubber or oil or anything besides the cabin. The cabin smells like metal has been in water. Ice cold then hot since I'm in Arizona .
So sorry bud can't help you there
From my past experience. Whenever We get a new car I always have a burning smell, that wears out over time. and may not b e noticeable at the start.
This was back when we had spark plug wires, etc...to me it is a electrical smell.
that is what I remember when driving the car, that wears off over time. it can start at 10K and last 10K
This was back when we had spark plug wires, etc...to me it is a electrical smell.
that is what I remember when driving the car, that wears off over time. it can start at 10K and last 10K
I have had the same thing with my Corolla Fielder Wagon 2007 model. It has happened twice over the last few days, both times after descending a hill. As you probably know, if you touch the brakes while descending the CVT kicks in with engine braking (the revs go up). A few seconds later the burning smell arrived. I'm taking it to the local Toyota service guys today. I'll let you know what they say.
^^ Most probable explanation is a plastic bag melted to your exhaust. I have even seen tire chunks become lodged between the exhaust and oil pan or something similar. Check for debris under your car. I really don't think it's coming from your engine, it is possible but I find it to be unlikely. We all know those high hp toyota engine love to rev 
