Smell of Burned Rubber

[dghii]

So new boots! That's new info! Perhaps you were smelling left over grease that was slung out onto your exhaust that had'd burned off yet.

It's still worth getting eyeballs on the boots. It's possible that a clamp has slipped or become loose.

[Ciao]

Originally Posted by dghii

So new boots! That's new info! Perhaps you were smelling left over grease that was slung out onto your exhaust that had'd burned off yet.

It's still worth getting eyeballs on the boots. It's possible that a clamp has slipped or become loose.

"Left over grease that was slung out..." Not sure what that means. At any rate, I went on a 2 hour drive in heavy traffic and the smells was still there. I am beginning to believe it is with the CV boots and am inspecting them as I go along; no tears in new boots. I used the heater for the first time in 2 years thinking maybe that is a variable, but not sure. The inputs related to new CVs has narrowed my search.

[dghii]

Originally Posted by Ciao

"Left over grease that was slung out..." Not sure what that means. At any rate, I went on a 2 hour drive in heavy traffic and the smells was still there. I am beginning to believe it is with the CV boots and am inspecting them as I go along; no tears in new boots. I used the heater for the first time in 2 years thinking maybe that is a variable, but not sure. The inputs related to new CVs has narrowed my search.

What I was referring to is that when boots crack, your axles spinning will cause the grease in the boot to end up all over the underside of your car.