Smell Of Buning Rubber

[tccom]

hi all,as topic title,after some fast driving(hi revs) i get the smell of burning rubber from the rear of the car,do all the compressors suffer from this smell.possibly the exhaust rubber hanger mounts?thanks.

[skipper215]

I have noticed this smell as well, only after hard driving.

could it be a burning oil smell??

[skyliner34]

I had this smell. All gone now after fitting Goodyear Eagle F1s last week. Must be the crappy economy tyres Toyota puts on the cars!

[215 compressor]

wow this is getting spooky me and the wife have just been saying about the rubber smell very recently.car has just had new front pipe back and sensors have any of you just had cars in to dealer for exhaust vibrating noise and had the exhaust changed.this seems to have occured since this was done

[ponzer]

Im also getting this smell :S

[skyliner34]

I wouldn't be surprised if the exhaust rubbers smell after a drive, it probably gets really hot back there if you use lift.

I had a Renault Megane Renault Sport drive past me a few months back when I was washing the car. 5 min later it came back past me, obviously had been driven hard in the 5 min period, and it had the same kinda smell. Must be heat or something.

[Norfolk n Chance]

If you don't get that smell you're obviously not driving the car properly!!!

B)

[Danny_TTE_compressor]

i get summat similar from mine all the time...........well it does get thrashed 99.9% of the time, so i suppose i would. i thought it was the rear brakes. my theory fits in with the fact my back brake pads are screwed after 16k

[jc1978]

I used to be alarmed by this too. It is the clutch making the smell. I have had a brand new clutch and it still does the same smell after heavy revving! Had the car nearly 18mths and no probs. So may just be a bad characteristic of the car. I've heard fitting 3rd party clutches cures this smell.

[skyliner34]

If it's the clutch I'm worried How come the smell is gone with me after I changed tyres?

I shall give it a blast tomorrow after work to really find out. And report back here.

[jc1978]

Just do a hill start, particulary in reverse. That always does it! :)

[tccom]

hi all,thanks for the replies,seems we all have this rubber burning smell when driven harder than normal.its not the clutch as it is defo a rubber smell.i put my head close to the rear tyre and it was a very stong smell,could be the tyres working hard? but the exhaust gets very hot after a good thrashing.the car has not been in to the stealers for any warranty work at all this is my only issue at the moment.

[skyliner34]

Just gave the car a thrashing round country roads, great fun :D . No smell with me, just loads of steam/mist coming from the front alloys :D

So changing tyres to Eagle F1s cured it for me ;)

[tccom]

Just gave the car a thrashing round country roads, great fun :D . No smell with me, just loads of steam/mist coming from the front alloys :D

So changing tyres to Eagle F1s cured it for me ;)

hi,so it could be the tyres,my compressor has perelli p zero's on and only covered 4,000 miles so am gonna have this smell for some time to come,not buying new tyres till they are sh****ed.any other theories welcome.cheers.

[slarti54]

Maybe the toe is set wrong on the rear axle? If they were toed in too far could the scrubbing cause the smell?

[skyliner34]

Just gave the car a thrashing round country roads, great fun :D . No smell with me, just loads of steam/mist coming from the front alloys :D

So changing tyres to Eagle F1s cured it for me ;)

hi,so it could be the tyres,my compressor has perelli p zero's on and only covered 4,000 miles so am gonna have this smell for some time to come,not buying new tyres till they are sh****ed.any other theories welcome.cheers.

It cured it for me. Might not cure it for you. But it's one solution. Unfortunately changing tyres does cost, so if it doesn't cure yours it's money thrown away, unless you really needed the tyres.

[tccom]

Maybe the toe is set wrong on the rear axle? If they were toed in too far could the scrubbing cause the smell?

hi,as said the car has only covered 4,000 miles,and the tyres are in near perfect condition no scrubbing and drives perfect only get the smell when driven a bit hard.i still think it is the exhaust getting hot.