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YOUR RESEARCHhot engine smell

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Fill / spill

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residual oil burning off from an over fill / spill ?

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Use no oil

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Using no oil.

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residual oil burning off from an over fill / spill ?

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hot engine smell

Use no oil

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Using no oil.

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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

WhenI get out of my 1999 - 996 the rear end smells very hot / burning. The car runs fine, the temperature is fine, hardly going above 80 unless bloody hot. Using no oil. good oil presuure. Is this something I should expect. Please let me know thanks Rich Migration info. Legacy thread was 67335

POST 2Original post

In a word....yes..perfectly normal.... PS who the hell lives near Slough??? Most people call Slough, North Windsor Migration info. Legacy thread was 67337

POST 3 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

I actually live in Farnham Common - NORTH of SLOUGH AND WINDSOR, but no one has ever heard of it, or they think its in Surrey. Thanks for reply, was wondering if I might be about to catch fire !! Migration info. Legacy thread was 67344

POST 4Original post

Just check to be on the safe side, that the exhaust is not touching any plastic any where, or that the tyres are not rubbing anywhere. Migration info. Legacy thread was 67347

POST 5 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

Thanks I will take a look when next warmed up as it is more noticeable than I would have expected on such a car. rich Migration info. Legacy thread was 67353

POST 6Original post

Well I play golf just round the corner from you in Burnham, the smells & heat worried me at 1st too then I realised it was fairly normal. Migration info. Legacy thread was 67356

POST 7Original post

residual oil burning off from an over fill / spill ? Migration info. Legacy thread was 67361

POST 8Original post

only 993 suffer from that sundeep old boy Migration info. Legacy thread was 67372

POST 10Original post

Opt for South Beaconsfield or Gerrards Cross then, just not Slough Migration info. Legacy thread was 69249

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