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Old 12-30-2010, 11:30 AM   #8
blue2000s
Porscheectomy
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Seattle Area
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Originally Posted by Dale_K
I've got a stinky burnt smell from the 2000 S tiptronic I bought a couple weeks ago and I suspect some kind of fluid leak. Funny because there's not a drip mark anywhere on the garage floor. Mine doesn't smell like oil or coolant and I suspect possibly ATF making it onto something hot, like the exhaust but that's just a guess. The smell is most noticable from the right side rear fender vent and I think that's the trans output location. The shop manual mentions the possibility of the tiptronic fluid leaking into the diff and then overfilling the diff out the vent.

It would be kind of reassuring to hear that burning smells are normal but I doubt it.
When a CV boot goes, grease slings all over the place including the exhaust and makes an unusual smell.
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