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11-10-2004, 01:15 PM | #1 |
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Burning clutch smell, brand new car
I have a burning smell coming from my brand new 9-2x. It only has 20 miles on it. It smells like the clutch on my old car when I used to go up extremely steep hills. Am I riding the clutch too hard? Or is this normal during the break in period? Thanks all.
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11-10-2004, 01:17 PM | #2 |
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Its probably the protective grease coating burning off the engine (I forget what the stuff is called). Cars' mechanicals are coated in it for the long ship-ride over from Japan to protect from corrosion.
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11-10-2004, 01:30 PM | #3 |
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I got the same thing on my sti for the first 50 miles or so. I thought I was beating up the clutch, but it went away shortly thereafter. Who knows? Maybe I was beating it up a little until I grew accustomed to it.
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11-10-2004, 02:58 PM | #4 |
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Is this your first new car?
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11-10-2004, 03:09 PM | #5 |
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It's normal, unless it's a terrible smell, the clutch has never been used before, so it gets a little hammered into operation.
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11-10-2004, 03:15 PM | #6 | |
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