burnt oil smell in cab?

[tonytoka1979]

Ok no oil leaks anywhere on my motor, but when im driving or sitting at a light i am getting burnt oil fumes in the cab of the car, i cant figure it out.. i have also checked for exhaust leaks and it is all tight... what could this be?

[deevergote]

Did you recently do an oil change? If oil has leaked onto your downpipe, you will smell burning oil when it heats up.

[tommi]

oil sending unit leaking?? leaky oil filter gasket? is the oil filter even tight? overtightened? double gasketed? drainplug tight?

[cuate01221]

Pull out the spark plug wires and see if there is any oil on them. Thats all I can think of.

[tonytoka1979]

checked all those things even put the car up on a lift and got all up in there with a flash light i cant see any oil anywhere.. i changed all my gaskets when i bought the car.. i dunno but the fumes are makin me sick...

[pninja82]

Thats strange.Just to be safe, make sure theres still oil in the car! Not to insult your intelligence or sense of smell, are you sure its not an exhaust leak? I know you said you checked the exhaust, but what about the header under hood as well for leaks or cracks?Also, how about a leaking fuel filter or injectors?

[tommi]

im also thinking its the sparkplug seals inside vc.

[deevergote]

If the smell is strong inside the cabin, then internally burning oil wouldn't be a likely cause unless the car is sitting at idle for an extended period of time, or has an exhaust leak (which was already ruled out.) The only way it'd be storng in the cabin while the car was being driven is if it was burning off the outside of the downpipe.

[tonytoka1979]

Thats strange.Just to be safe, make sure theres still oil in the car! Not to insult your intelligence or sense of smell, are you sure its not an exhaust leak? I know you said you checked the exhaust, but what about the header under hood as well for leaks or cracks?Also, how about a leaking fuel filter or injectors?

i changed all seals and gaskets, including exhaust gaskets, oil is full clean and its not losing any.. i have sense developed an exhaust rattle, so im thinking there might be my problem..

[tonytoka1979]

after driving for a few min then opening the hood to continue my search of the fumes i noticed what looks like small droplets of oil all over the the intake manifold, valve cover, and in between.. anyone else ever experience this? still no visible signs of oil leaks..

[scudweiser]

Check all of the grommets around the nuts which hold the VC down. If one is just a bit loose it will spew oil.

[tonytoka1979]

i would think there would be a sign of oil comin threw there, but they are all dry..

[drew12000]

do you see any wet spots where your valve cover meets the head? may have moved the valve cover gasket just enough so it didn't seat correctly. letting oil pass.

[tonytoka1979]

its all dry... im stumped...

[super sox]

after driving for a few min then opening the hood to continue my search of the fumes i noticed what looks like small droplets of oil all over the the intake manifold, valve cover, and in between.. anyone else ever experience this? still no visible signs of oil leaks..

I had that happen to mine I reved up the motor without the dipstik