After whacking hard on my car, less than 6K RPM
theres a smelly burning smell coming from the aircon
is it supposed to be there?

 

Have you been goin hard with the aircon on.

 

yup...
does it matter?

 

I have this kinda burning smell whenever I push my car since day one. Relax, it's found on every RX8.

 

I used to have that problem few months back on occasions when I drive hard ... don't encounter it nowadays though ... my mechanic told me the reason before but forgot what it was already ... Nothing to worry about though ... my 8 still runs fine ...

Any bros know what the prob is?

 

It is quite normal this smell comes about. Just try sealing the aircon intake permenantly and the smell wil disappear.

 

ask u dun loot hard liao..... urs havent even 1st servicing yet leh, bro...... relak....

 

no la i think lennon is right...
the aircon intake is sucking in the burning rubber smell

i nv loot more than 6 k got smell liao imagine i loot 8 k
wha... lagi worse...
first servicing is next week
i going to buy the trust rotary oil

 

1st servicing use rotary oil? then next 5000km change again? bro.... wait til after 15,000km then use watever racing oil.... 3 servicings freee

btw, ur hyper-rev (RX8 bible) i bought for u oredi...

 

thanks man!!
Owe u 1...
first 3 free ar?
i din know
my se nv tell me leh

 

no choice hol ! u loot 8K , all cars behind smell loh. wat to do? u drive rx8. Hee

coupe 07,
u got import new poison back from jipoon o not ?

 

i nvr come back from japan empty handed one.... hehehehehe :D

 

Cooooooolll ! must share share on friday meet up hor .
oso bring along yr 'personal' jipoon model photo loh.wooooot !

 

items still in jap.... havent ship over yet leh.......

u wan to buy anything??? can ship together, cheaper and got more discount.... :D :D

 

got that smell too.........

 

Had the same problem too.
Was told by my SE could b from the new brakes....
Went around smelling the tyres ( like a dog ) only not duin wat it would hv done next..... :D

Sent car in today 4 some touch up.

From mechanics ---
could b unburn fuel reacting with the coating in the exhaust. Once the coating stablelised, the smell will go away...

Dunno true or not...

 

false..i presume... cos i still had the same problem now n then when i rev hard......and my mileage already at 30k. duno wats the problem thou.. but believe that must be from the tyre.

 

bro you when wif frens? i receive a call from a fren on last saturday.. he was at tokyo too.. ask if i wuld like get anyting...and i made up my mind on the AutoExe undercarriage brace... he said good price for the whole set. :D
wonder if u were wif him.

 

experience the same burning smell too.

separately, when I just start the car and moving off in 1st gear, there is a light "klang" sound, not sure from where. anyone else experience that? only happens when car just started.

 

i m thinking about sealing off the aircon intake or changing the filter wool to a higher quality one...
i cant take the smell... itz horrible...
need to do something about it quick...
any bad effects if i seal off the aircon intake?

 

Just a thought....have you tried setting yer aircon at recirculate instead of fresh air intake? Wondering if that helps to block the smell.

 

yup... did that too... still got the burning smell

 

Totally normal for all 8's, it's the ABS self-test.

 

hahahaha, so that was u.... its really a good catch!!! mike called u rite?

 

haha.. ya. so my guess was correct... that means u must hv bought lots of new stuff eh? wow.. envy sia :p

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