hot smell from my 996

[horseman]

I just picked up a 2003 996 C2 coupe with 27,000 miles. I notice that if I drive it more that 20 minutes or so that there is a hot smell from the rear of the car when I get out. It only lasts a very short time and it almost smells like hot brakes but also a little like burnt oil. There are no apparent leaks at all and all else is fantastic in this car. I wonder if this is common or if I should get the car to a dealer. All service is current and the car is under the Porsche Certified Warranty porgram. However, my closest dealer is over 100 miles away and if this is common, or no issue I will not bother. All temps seem normal on the guages.

Thanks for any info you can share on this.

[ronbonner]

I just picked up a 2003 996 C2 coupe with 27,000 miles. I notice that if I drive it more that 20 minutes or so that there is a hot smell from the rear of the car when I get out. It only lasts a very short time and it almost smells like hot brakes but also a little like burnt oil. There are no apparent leaks at all and all else is fantastic in this car. I wonder if this is common or if I should get the car to a dealer. All service is current and the car is under the Porsche Certified Warranty porgram. However, my closest dealer is over 100 miles away and if this is common, or no issue I will not bother. All temps seem normal on the guages.

Thanks for any info you can share on this.

Relax, Its a common smell and you are not the first to raise it (and probably not the last) They all smell like that!

RB

[HONEYMON57ER]

Perfectly normal for a 996 and possibly all 911?

[horseman]

I just picked up a 2003 996 C2 coupe with 27,000 miles. I notice that if I drive it more that 20 minutes or so that there is a hot smell from the rear of the car when I get out. It only lasts a very short time and it almost smells like hot brakes but also a little like burnt oil. There are no apparent leaks at all and all else is fantastic in this car. I wonder if this is common or if I should get the car to a dealer. All service is current and the car is under the Porsche Certified Warranty porgram. However, my closest dealer is over 100 miles away and if this is common, or no issue I will not bother. All temps seem normal on the guages.

Thanks for any info you can share on this.

Relax, Its a common smell and you are not the first to raise it (and probably not the last) They all smell like that!

RB

Thanks, It almost smells like perhaps it is from the emergency brake slightly dragging though it rolls quite freely when I put the clutch in. There could still be a little contact that could cause the smell. I mostly seems like a hot brake smell but goes away quickly. Most of the cars that I drove when I was shopping seemed to have this hot smell to some degree.

[KevinMac]

As long as the smell you are describing is not a hot coolant smell. If so you may want to check your coolant level.

[Izzy]

The smells can drive you crazy on a 996. I came from a deadly quiet non-smell 740i, the 996 was like "what the %$^*!! smells. Had the car inspected and it was all perfect. Watch your coolant leve for sure, but eventually I got used to it.

[DannyLee]

The smells can drive you crazy on a 996. I came from a deadly quiet non-smell 740i, the 996 was like "what the %$^*!! smells. Had the car inspected and it was all perfect. Watch your coolant leve for sure, but eventually I got used to it.

I''m very new to my 996, it smells like burning rubber - previous owner says it has always smelled like that. Is that what you describe?

Danny

[wrljet]

Many people notice a hot smell from rubber particles from the tires

that have worn off and been thrown back onto the mufflers or heat shields.

I get this smell very noticeably more when stopping immediately after

having roared through some of my favorite twisties.

But this smell is very clearly a tire rubber smell and no confused

with oil or coolant.

Bill

[aintpatricksday]

After bleeding my brakes tonight I got up on top of the mufflers with a rag soaked in some alcohol and wiped the rubber/road gunk off of them as good as I could. After a fairly spirited drive, the smell has decreased considerably.

[violaGT3]

The smells can drive you crazy on a 996. I came from a deadly quiet non-smell 740i, the 996 was like "what the %$^*!! smells. Had the car inspected and it was all perfect. Watch your coolant leve for sure, but eventually I got used to it.

I''m very new to my 996, it smells like burning rubber - previous owner says it has always smelled like that. Is that what you describe?

Danny

I have been hunting down a smell I had associated with my tires rubbing, but they were not, I thought maybe it was them cambering in as my suspension is tuned and it has a stout camber, the tires were found to be cool and without issues of rubbing or grinding. I will be knee deep replacing the RMS, clutch, and other goodies in the next couple of weeks and I'll see if there is something out of sight causing this. Good Luck with it. I have not had an issue from it in the 2.5 years I have been looking for it. So who knows.