Burning Smell

zero-2-sixty · 08-03-2016, 06:43 AM

So I had my 35i in D/S on the gear selector to merge into fast moving traffic from a stop. RPMs went 7000 then the transmission shifted. Engine was not fully warmed yet as oil temp gauge had not moved much. This morning I am getting a intermittent foul odor when accelerating like something is burning. Any ideas?

zero-2-sixty · 08-03-2016, 01:18 PM

Any thoughts on this. No check engine light but weird smell when accelerating hard. Like fluid burning.

kiloTHREE · 08-03-2016, 02:22 PM

So wait, you floored it, the revs jumped up to 7k without moving, then the transmission engaged?

zero-2-sixty · 08-03-2016, 04:46 PM

was moving the whole time. I had to floor it to get into quick moving traffic from a stop. RPMs went to 7K while in gear and moving. Funny smell now when accelerating hard.

kiloTHREE · 08-03-2016, 04:55 PM

Ah ok, just sounds like you broke some carbon loose somewhere and it's getting burned up. You could have also forced some blow by oil (normal) through the engine that was pooled up somewhere.

I would do a quick visual under the hood and your parking spot tomorrow morning just to be safe.

zero-2-sixty · 08-03-2016, 11:15 PM

Appreciate the feedback. Thanks

08-03-2016, 06:43 AM	#1
zero-2-sixty Private First Class 18 Rep 172 Posts Drives: X1 xDrive35i Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: USA iTrader: (0)	Burning Smell So I had my 35i in D/S on the gear selector to merge into fast moving traffic from a stop. RPMs went 7000 then the transmission shifted. Engine was not fully warmed yet as oil temp gauge had not moved much. This morning I am getting a intermittent foul odor when accelerating like something is burning. Any ideas?
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08-03-2016, 01:18 PM	#2
zero-2-sixty Private First Class 18 Rep 172 Posts Drives: X1 xDrive35i Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: USA iTrader: (0)	Any thoughts on this. No check engine light but weird smell when accelerating hard. Like fluid burning.
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08-03-2016, 02:22 PM	#3
kiloTHREE Lieutenant 76 Rep 435 Posts Drives: '13 xDrive28i Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: MN iTrader: (0)	So wait, you floored it, the revs jumped up to 7k without moving, then the transmission engaged?
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08-03-2016, 04:46 PM	#4
zero-2-sixty Private First Class 18 Rep 172 Posts Drives: X1 xDrive35i Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: USA iTrader: (0)	was moving the whole time. I had to floor it to get into quick moving traffic from a stop. RPMs went to 7K while in gear and moving. Funny smell now when accelerating hard.
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08-03-2016, 04:55 PM	#5
kiloTHREE Lieutenant 76 Rep 435 Posts Drives: '13 xDrive28i Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: MN iTrader: (0)	Ah ok, just sounds like you broke some carbon loose somewhere and it's getting burned up. You could have also forced some blow by oil (normal) through the engine that was pooled up somewhere. I would do a quick visual under the hood and your parking spot tomorrow morning just to be safe.
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08-03-2016, 11:15 PM	#6
zero-2-sixty Private First Class 18 Rep 172 Posts Drives: X1 xDrive35i Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: USA iTrader: (0)	Appreciate the feedback. Thanks
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