Burning Smell??
 

Hey guys,

The other day I was stopped at a stop sign and upon starting again, I somehow forgot that the car was still in 3rd gear and I accidentally revved to like 5500 rpm's before realizing this and shifting back to first. Shortly afterwards, I smelled a kind of burnt plastic/rubber smell coming from the engine. Has anyone else experienced this/ know what it could be? I have about 800 miles on my car and it is a 6MT.

Thanks

Your clutch screaming in pain?

could be 1 of 2 things....

1) your brake pads breakin in
2)clutch is heating up .... hopefully ur not riding the clutch >.<

your burning your clutch. If you rev high and pull the clutch up even a tad..it will stink..

If you rev super high ..you gotta follow through with it ..burn out or pop it fast..if you let it hang without engaging..it burns and stinks...try lower rpms for a while....happened to me a few times by accident.

These might help.

http://www.the370z.com/nissan-370z-g...ing-smell.html

http://www.the370z.com/engine-drivet...ll-normal.html

http://www.the370z.com/nissan-370z-g...r-highway.html

Thanks for the insight so far guys. So I guess my question would be, will this have any long-term effects on my clutch/transmission.

The only long-term effect of burning the clutch will be on your wallet, as you'll be replacing the clutch once a year.

But don't worry, you'll get better at adjusting your shifts to the point it won't happen very often.

:iagree: just be a little more careful, and you should be fine.

better to replace the clutch than your transmission. :D

You burnt the clutch a little. You may get a little shudder in the clutch for a while but it will go away. I burnt mine a little by revving it and then as the revs were falling back down let the clutch out slowly and crept forwards (in 1st). The heavy flywheel doesn't help.

Funny, I get the same smell when I clutch kick on drift days:rofl2:

you just got your clutch a little hot, no worries.

That makes me fee a little better then. It's definitely not something that has happened often - maybe two or three times total for a few seconds. At least now I know exactly what was happening and what not to do now :driving:

z-whiz- if it helps, i usually shift into 1st while still rolling forward, then wait in N with clutch-out at the light.

this way it's easier to shift back into 1st when you're ready to go. sometimes the tranny plays tricks on you where it wont go into 1st unless you roll the car slightly forward/aft. so you think you're in 1st but it's in 3rd. :D

It's some kind of engine preservative that Nissan puts on to prevent rust when shipping across the pacific it goes away after about 1500 miles or so.
I garage my car and when I got it thought the same thing it is a weird odor i have about 12000 miles smell is long gone

Is it just me, or are ATs in Zeds less trouble-prone than MTs?? From searches on the Net, and other posters on various sites (such as "my350Z.com"), it "seems" (I might be wrong!) that ATs are very reliable; at least, my '04.5 Touring Coupe's is. Anyone has stats of any sort? Just curious!

this thread's problem is solely driver error.

but hey, atleast the op was willing to try MT and not just hop in some AT. just sayin! :tup:

No prob', dude! It's just that I keep running into thread after thread of posters confronting probs' with their MTs. I am a firm believer in a "have it your way" approach in those issues, BTW. Like I said, just curious!

I have to agree with j.arnaldo, just browse around the forums and you'll notice there's barely any thread regarding complaints of the 7AT whereas threads regarding complaints of the 6MT is quite common. Maybe it's due to the high ratio of 6MT owners compared to 7AT owners?

surely the spring and indent are enough for you to know you are in first rather than third.

I have a big lit-up "1" on my tach when I'm in 1st, and a big lit-up "3" when I'm in 3rd.

:wtf2:

Sounds like you just smoked your clutch a little, everyone does it eventually. Just don't go making a habit of it.

Most likey due to the fact that MT outnumbers AT and most MT owners have a higher probability of beating on their cars than the AT folks. From my perspective...if I was buying a sports car to have fun in (fun = very spirited driving), I would probably buy a manual transmission. If I was looking for something to just cruise around in and look good...I would have bought the AT. I realize there are obvious exceptions to the rule.

yah that was so werd when i saw that on my MT too at first... :icon17:

I don't think that's true. From what I've read, there are lots and lots of ATs sold. You could make a case that the MT's are probably being driven harder on average.

I've seen that almost 3/4 of the of the 370z built were 7AT. Of course, I think that was on the Internet...so we can all put faith into that number.

when i went to my dealer the salesguy's first words were 'we dont have any more AT's in-stock, only MT's.'

my reply "that's perfect." :D

My dealer only had 1 Z, it was a Nismo and obviously MT. They sold the AT Touring the day before my scheduled test drive.

I'm hearing the rumors already about the soon-to-be extinction of the manual transmission.

yah, soon to be extinct gasoline-only powered RWD sports cars/coupes too... one of the reasons why i got the 370Z.... thought it might be the last one that's truely gasoline powered and MT.

the world is becoming more and more of a boring place for normal folks that drive these cars on street.

Same thought crossed my mind, Kenchan. That would be a very sad day, indeed.