i just got my car back after new brkae pads master/slave clutch cuylander and exhaust repair....anyway when the engine starts to get hot...it starts smellign really bad and i can see where they dripped somhting (i assume its either brake fluid or motor oil(they changed the oil) on the valve cover...its smells really bad....kinda like a dirty....well we wont go itno that, but it smells really bad...how can i clean it off so it wont stink anymore? will it eventually burn off or is there another problem (suchas a leak or somthing) that i shoudl look for?

 

thanks....you think its the stuff dripped on the valve cover thats making the smell?

 

if something is dripping you better find out what it is. cuz if its brake fluid, motor oil, gas, or coolant, that will be a bigger problem than a nasty smell. Also you mentioned they did exhaust work, new pipes tend to smell like crap but it goes away.

 

well theres a big stain of somthign either brake fluid or oil on the valve cover that they spilled....think that could be it?

 

could be. but most of funk smell usually comes from something that comes it contact with the exhaust. get a rag and clean up the valve cover, if the smell is still strong it could be something else...

 

So they spilled **** on your valve cover and didn't clean it up


this is EXACTLY why I do my own work

you'll know if it was brake fluid, because in a couple of days, it will eat all the paint off the valve cover. otherwise it's probably oil burning off. it's very easy to get oil on the exhaust flexpipe when you change the filter

 

ive said it b4
DIY 100%

 

the paint on my valve cover was gone a long tiem ago....


i wish i could do my own work, but i dotn have arc welder, acess to a lift or air tools or anyoen to help me...or a garage to do work in....its too cold to work outside....yeah