Burning Smell??
 

Hey guys,

The other day I was stopped at a stop sign and upon starting again, I somehow forgot that the car was still in 3rd gear and I accidentally revved to like 5500 rpm's before realizing this and shifting back to first. Shortly afterwards, I smelled a kind of burnt plastic/rubber smell coming from the engine. Has anyone else experienced this/ know what it could be? I have about 800 miles on my car and it is a 6MT.

Thanks

Your clutch screaming in pain?

could be 1 of 2 things....

1) your brake pads breakin in
2)clutch is heating up .... hopefully ur not riding the clutch >.<

your burning your clutch. If you rev high and pull the clutch up even a tad..it will stink..

If you rev super high ..you gotta follow through with it ..burn out or pop it fast..if you let it hang without engaging..it burns and stinks...try lower rpms for a while....happened to me a few times by accident.

These might help.

http://www.the370z.com/nissan-370z-g...ing-smell.html

http://www.the370z.com/engine-drivet...ll-normal.html

http://www.the370z.com/nissan-370z-g...r-highway.html

Thanks for the insight so far guys. So I guess my question would be, will this have any long-term effects on my clutch/transmission.

The only long-term effect of burning the clutch will be on your wallet, as you'll be replacing the clutch once a year.

But don't worry, you'll get better at adjusting your shifts to the point it won't happen very often.

:iagree: just be a little more careful, and you should be fine.

better to replace the clutch than your transmission. :D

You burnt the clutch a little. You may get a little shudder in the clutch for a while but it will go away. I burnt mine a little by revving it and then as the revs were falling back down let the clutch out slowly and crept forwards (in 1st). The heavy flywheel doesn't help.

Funny, I get the same smell when I clutch kick on drift days:rofl2:

you just got your clutch a little hot, no worries.

That makes me fee a little better then. It's definitely not something that has happened often - maybe two or three times total for a few seconds. At least now I know exactly what was happening and what not to do now :driving:

z-whiz- if it helps, i usually shift into 1st while still rolling forward, then wait in N with clutch-out at the light.

this way it's easier to shift back into 1st when you're ready to go. sometimes the tranny plays tricks on you where it wont go into 1st unless you roll the car slightly forward/aft. so you think you're in 1st but it's in 3rd. :D

It's some kind of engine preservative that Nissan puts on to prevent rust when shipping across the pacific it goes away after about 1500 miles or so.
I garage my car and when I got it thought the same thing it is a weird odor i have about 12000 miles smell is long gone