Burning smell thru the air vents

**Sunny4** · 12-18-2008 11:49 PM

Anyone have a almost something liquid burning smell come out of their vents occasionally? When im driving with the auto temp at 70 deg, and the re-circulate button off I get this weird smell that creaps in. For a while i thought it was outside exhaust from other cars but then the same smell keeps appearing. It goes away when i put the re-circulate button on and im fine but then the windows fog up. Kinda a paint, checked under the hood and nothing seems to be leaking. Anyone have this issue? Be it oil, trans fluid, etc...

**nimski62** · 12-18-2008 11:50 PM

Originally Posted by Sunny4

Anyone have a almost something liquid burning smell come out of their vents occasionally? When im driving with the auto temp at 70 deg, and the re-circulate button off I get this weird smell that creaps in. For a while i thought it was outside exhaust from other cars but then the same smell keeps appearing. It goes away when i put the re-circulate button on and im fine but then the windows fog up. Kinda a paint, checked under the hood and nothing seems to be leaking. Anyone have this issue? Be it oil, trans fluid, etc...

Valve cover gaskets. Common. Cheap fix.

**aaron1085** · 12-22-2008 12:09 AM

cheap fix meaning replace valve cover gaskets?

**Sunny4** · 01-06-2009 01:00 PM

How do you explain the intermittent smell. And how easy is this fix?

**dak360rt** · 01-06-2009 01:10 PM

I had the same thing it would come and go, shop just told me i had leaking valve cover gaskets. I got excited when i didnt smell it for awhile....then my Minimum Oil level light came on...

**Sunny4** · 01-08-2009 11:17 AM

HOLY S**T, I turned on the car yesterday and brought my trusty flashlight to check under the hood and what do you know, there is smoke rising from the front left side of the engine. So there is definitely a leak as it is the same smell coming from the vents. I thing someone hit it on the valve cover gasket point. Taking it to the dealership on 15th to get it taken care of with the blown seat heater.

**2PUTT** · 01-08-2009 11:23 AM

cars are know to have a small leak after awhile.

**covertS4driver** · 01-09-2009 08:40 AM

Originally Posted by Sunny4

HOLY S**T, I turned on the car yesterday and brought my trusty flashlight to check under the hood and what do you know, there is smoke rising from the front left side of the engine. So there is definitely a leak as it is the same smell coming from the vents. I thing someone hit it on the valve cover gasket point. Taking it to the dealership on 15th to get it taken care of with the blown seat heater.

Same issue... also with blown passenger seat heater... :(
Just spent 2 weeks at dealership..... ugh