Burning rubber smell

[bringer666]

Originally Posted by arkaplan

I have a 01 S and whenever I step outside after driving it I smell a slight burning rubber smell. It's coming from the back end. Does anyone have any clues?
Thanks.

I would check for an oil leak. I have found that the synthetic oil used in our cars does have a rubber type smell when it burns. You might have a small leak that's dripping on a heated portion of your engine or exhaust and causing the smell. If it drips on the catalytic converter like mine did, you get some impressive smoke coming from the side vents as well.

[FrayAdjacent]

I think I sometimes detect the same kind of smell from my Boxster. Not EVERY time I get out, but sometimes I smell a little what smells like oil/rubber burning.

I figure as long as there's enough oil in the engine... and it's not all the time... it's probably some minor little drip here or there that just happens to get on something hot. I'm going to give the undercarriage a once over when I change the oil later this week.