Oil Smell after hard driving

[Bradgt123]

After "spirited" driving I smell a burnt oil-like smell fom the motor area... Is this normal? It is not leaking any oil, just the burning smell. I am pretty sure it is not a tire smell although they are similar!

Any thoughts?

[Bradgt123]

Sorry, A 997-1 C2S with 60k miles.

[phillipj]

If it's just a "Hot" smell that is normal for a Porsche. Double check to see if you have any kind of leak that may be getting on to the exhaust.

Has it always done this?

Edited September 16, 2009 by phillipj

[JeTexas]

I was getting the same with my 99 996. I found there is a nut on the bottom of the motor. It's a valve for something or other. It wasn't completely tightened and was leaking just a drop or two of oil that would blow back onto the mufflers when I was driving it hard giving me a burnt oil smell. Once I finally tightened it up and stopped the drip, the smell went away.

[Bradgt123]

I've had the car 2 weeks and no oil on my garage floor at all. Maybe I am not aware of the "hot" smell, but my boxster did not have a smell like this (but did not operate like this either :)

[linklaw]

My 2005 S has about 22000 miles on it and I still get the "hot" smell. A year or so ago, I asked the dealer what it was and the service manager said it was just the cosmoline burning off the engine. He said don't worry about it. I figure that after enough miles, it will have all burned off and the smell will disappear. We'll see. John

[utkinpol]

Sorry, A 997-1 C2S with 60k miles.

I do smell my burning tires on auto-x but do not smell any engine oil in excess. But 1 day on auto-x burned oil from full to one mark down. So some oil does get burned there, depending of exact definition of 'spirited'.

[flyingpenguin]

Sorry, A 997-1 C2S with 60k miles.

I do smell my burning tires on auto-x but do not smell any engine oil in excess. But 1 day on auto-x burned oil from full to one mark down. So some oil does get burned there, depending of exact definition of 'spirited'.

I drive the S^%T out of mine and to be honest, the aroma created by the combination of hot tires and whatever residue lands on the engine block from time to time is kind of nice.

:D

JP