Burning rubber Smell

[SupraSean]

i Started up my Supra today, and it almost stalled trying to start, i drove it around the block and started smelling a Rubber Burning smell, i got back home and popped the hood, the main source of the smell was behind the turbo. i suspect it to be an insulated steel line that comes from the cabin, runs along the firewall and right behind the turbo runs down the firewall, it curves with the exhaust, im just not sure what the line is...its about a 10ish gauge line. now the engine was still warming up, oil pressure running at about 30psi. if anyone knows what that line is. it will help greatly, its about 10 pm. or else i would have pics of the line. i just want to know what line it is.

 

[DBN]

have you just replaced the clutch or left your foot chillin on it while driving? i just replaced my clutch and for about 500 miles there was a burning smell that i knew was the clutch. ive read that it takes somewhere around 500 miles to break in. thats both street and highway driving. and if you ride the clutch you may get that smell too. hope this helps.

 

[BGood]

you just need to stop doing burnouts the entire way around your block

 

[DBN]

you just need to stop doing burnouts the entire way around your block

well that'll do it lol

 

[sneakypete]

double check to make sure there are no hoses or wires resting on the turbo or exhaust manifold. sometimes the o2 sensor wire will sag and touch the turbo

 

[ForcedTorque]

I believe if you will follow that line around to the driver's side, it is a vacuum line running to the turbo pressure module neat the strut tower. It also T's off to the intake manifold. It should run to the heater control valve. I can't think of any other insulated wire going down with the exhaust except for the speedometer cable. It's as big around as your index finger or bigger.

 

[SupraSean]

ya it comes out of the cabin right behind the motor, runs along the firewall, and goes down the wall right above another exhaust heat shield and turns under the car, i think your right, i think it may be the speedo cable, but i drove it today, and no smell,,,,idk lol maybe it was just a fluke thing or something, and i actually wasnt doing burnouts all the way around my block....This Time...:sarcasm: