can a mixture of 2 different coolants cause a "burnt" coolant smell when driving?

 

no. most likely you spilled some, or there's a leak.

Neil

 

oh. I recently bled it, but that was maybe a week ago. Takes that long for it to burn away?

 

it shouldnt take that long to go away..what does the burnt smell smell like? does it smell like oil?

 

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Well, I never exactly smelled "burnt" coolant before. I am just assuming that it is burnt coolant because this smell didnt arise until after I was doing the coolant bypass, which at the time I had spilled great amounts of coolant around the hoses and the bottom of the engine block in trying to figure out where to loop what, as the h22 faqs are a little different then the h23's.

Anyhow, I had a idle fluxuation so I attemped to let the air out through the bleed bolt and overfilling my radiator etc etc. All this must have been around a week ago though. I haven't been driving every singly day since then, maybe just a few days, but wouldnt all the spilled coolant have burned off?

I know I don't have a leak, as I don't observe any when I leave the garage or look in the engine bay.

 

Did it smell sweet? Burnt coolant smells almost like danish pastries to me