BURNT rubber smell??

[schavez]

8)
Everytime I park my 92 Typoon( 28K miles, stock) in my garage, it smell like burnt rubber, even after just normal driving.
No smoke.
Everything is working fine, temp gauge looks normal, I have 160 degree thermostat, All fluids are normal, any ideas or suggestions, or is this normal? 8)

 

[AlaskaTy]

Probably no normal, maybe your belts are rubbing on something?

 

[Phoon30]

Maybe belts. or........
Do you have stock rims? Reason I ask is because if you have aftermarket rims that are wider then stock, at full turn the rim/tire may be rubbing on the upper/lower control arm causing the tire to get hot.

 

[canadian]

check the front wheels after driving and see if they're hot. i had a problem where the front caliper was slightly sticky and after driving from a stop would rub the rotor (not enough to feel, but enough to generate heat). after stopping, i could smell something funky, put my hand next to the rim and it was damn hot. just something to check.

 

[turbodog]

Check for power steering hose against exhaust crossover pipe.
Here's one that had me going (on my daily driver): look for remains of a plastic walmart bag stuck to the cat/exhaust system. Man, did that stink!

 

[ed hess]

check your time slip, maybe you blew the tires off all the way thru the 1320 mark!

ed

 

[imported_ty1724]

purple starter wire on dp maybe

 

[schavez]

It was the plastic cover for the purple wire.

It was the plastic cover for the purple wire.

I found out what was burning, It was the black plastic cover for the purple wire, it was touching the exhaust manifold, now my starter is not always working, looks like selnoid as well.

 

[92Ty#1524]

I had the same problem. Found that the vac line to the vapor canister was getting cooked by radiant heat off of the driver side header. Couldnt see it from above, though.