BURNING OIL SMELL IN CAR: CAUSE AND SOLUTIONS

The smell of a car usually gives the driver a sense of discomfort. At the same time, this is also a warning of danger to the car. Do you know how to judge the car breakdown through the smell of the car? This article analyzes the causes of failures through several common odors, let us learn together.

The car has a plastic smell

Most of this situation is caused by overheating of the electrical line. Because the plastic outer skin of the wire is thin, the smell is not very large. However, when the wire is short-circuited, it is often accompanied by local smoke or heat. The driver should pay attention to the situation of the vehicle.

Once the wire is overheated, it must be stopped immediately to find out the cause. Under normal circumstances, the temperature of the wire will be too high in summer, if not found in time, it is easy to cause complete damage to the circuit, the engine pulls the cylinder, and even the vehicle self-ignition.

The car has a strong burning smell

If the special non-metallic materials is burnt during driving, it is usually caused by burning or overheating of the clutch friction plate. This kind of astringent smell is also mixed with odor, because the material of the clutch plate is made up of a variety of materials such as rubber and asbestos.

If the clutch is normal to use, there is no obvious difficulty in hanging or starting, and the smell of getting off the car comes from the back of the car, then check the brake system for overheating. Some careless car owners are forced to drive with the handbrake, which will cause the rear brake pads to lock and produce an burning smell.

The car has unburned gasoline smell

If the you can always smell the unburned gasoline smell, you need to check your car .  First determine the location of the oil spill and the degree of oil leakage before you drive on the road again. After long-term use of the vehicle, the oil pipeline will be aging and cracking, and the fuel will leak out from these parts. Therefore, when the driver smells the gasoline smell, it should immediately stop the fire and thoroughly check the oil passage. If the fuel tank leaks oil, there is an emergency method, which is to use the chewing gum to block the oil spill and then repair it as soon as possible.

The car has a burning oil

This smell is more common in carburetor vehicles. In addition to smelling horrible smells, the exhaust pipe emits black smoke. One case is caused by the serious wear of the inner wall of the cylinder tube or the serious wear of the piston, and the oil is broken into the engine combustion chamber; the other case is that the valve wear is serious, and the oil may be burnt; and the oil pipeline of the vehicle is aging, and the oil drops to the engine or exhaust pipe, in the case of high temperatures, it will also emit an unpleasant smell.    

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