i have a 92 si and lately there is a burning smell coming out around the hood and towards the front of the car, almost smells like a hot glue gun, like a burning smell, i am going to get it on a lift tommorrow, any sugestions on what it could be need to know very soon,
thanks

 

Check your wheel wells.

 

and look for what?

 

Your lining to be rubbing on the wheels as they spin.

Its just one of many things to consider.

 

never thought about that ill check it out

 

more thoughts please

 

check your exhaust for Vons bags n such.

 

do you think something might be stuck and burning like a plastic bag, i did run over one a couple weeks back hopefully that will be it

 

check under your hood for any kind of miss placed hoses, rubbing against something hot and melting.

I had a smell like that in my sol once, it turned out, my bulb in my turn signal came loose from the crappy aftermarket socket and was touching the plastic, burning my turn signal.

Sniff around!

 

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agreed

 

thanks everyone

 

werd on plastic bags

also if you have aftermarket lights/corners make sure they are not touching the plastic

 

Ok im going to bring this post back from the dead... anyone else have this problem? I have it now and its really annoying. I cant find any reason for the smell, and it doesnt stick around long enough after I stop driving to actually "sniff around" to find it... anyone else have this problem at all?

 

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just try looking every time u drive
i hit a squirell with the header once and blood got on their and smelled for weeks it could be anything

 

Do you have any power wires? Like fog light wires burning or maybe power wire for system getting too hot? Check it for burns.

 

Okay so i had this problem before and never figured out what caused it, it just went away on its own. Well the smell came back last night, and I cant figure out why... anyone else ever had this problem? I checked and I cant find anything burning. It STINKS!

 

guess no one has had their car smell huh. It wouldnt be so bad if i couldnt smell it through the damn heater!!

 

I BELIEVE I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM....AND I CHECKED MY WHEEL WELLS...IT SEEMS THAT MY DRIVER SIDE TIRE IS RUBBING AGAINST MY INNER WHEEL WHEEL....IT WAS HAPPENIN FOR A FEW MONTHS AND DIDNT FIND THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM TILL RECENTLY....MY ALIGNMENT IS PAST DUE SO IM HOPING WITH A GOOD ALIGNMENT THE PROBLEM WILL BE FIXED....ANY INPUT?

 

I thought of that. It just started suddenly. Weird stuff. Anyone else have this problem?

 

I had this exact problem a little while ago. Turns out that a bolt came off of the little plastic sheild thing in front of my header. Its a thin black square peice of plastic that connects to the bumper. Its about a foot and half long and wide I think . Anyways, everytime I would go on the freeway or go faster than 40 mph the peice of plastic would be blown back by the wind and touch my header's heatsheild. I didn't know that it was the cause of the smell until I popped my hood one day and found the plastic peice melted to one of the heatsheild's bolts. I didn't wanna hassle with getting a new bolt to hold the plastic on so I just ripped it off and tossed it. I don't think it really served that much of a purpose, because I've had it off for a couple months and had no problems.

 

come to think of it.. i've been smelling burning lately, and my foglights have stopped working.. i think i fried the fuse again..

 

ITs really annoying. Ill take a look. It doesnt smell when im driving, but it gets strong when i slow down... odd

 

It will go away...

I had the same problem 2 times on the same car... both times the smell went away after week or two...

 

lol yea thats what i assume. I'll just get more smelly trees!

Thanks for the ideas!