Burning Odor?
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Burning Odor?
I haven't received any replies in the engine forum so I thought I'd try this forum.
Hello...
I have a 2004 F-150 Lariat 4x4 Crew Cab. I just went over 11,000 miles. I'm not very engine/tranny etc etc savy so please bare with me.
I went to Reno, NV this past weekend. My sister lives 10 minutes outside Reno and received a record 3 plus feet of snow. I finally had a chance to run to new truck with my new 35" Toyo Open Country M/T tires. They both ran flawless.
I was having a great time scaring the hell out of my sister by driving up her streets sideways. I noticed when I got out of the truck I smelled a burning smell. It was like the smell of burning rubber or maybe hot brakes. I know those two smells are probably completely different to the trained professional, but again I'm a phone guy not a machanic.
I didn't think much about it, but here it is two days later and I still smell that odor when I get out of the truck. I've been driving it normal for two days now and the burning odor is not going away. Should I be concerned? Does it need to be checked? All my gauges read fine.
Just to recap on what I was doing to cause the odor. Allot of RPM's... going up a street sidways on a snowy raod. I'm actually very good at it... all the years of screwing around has paid off. I can't say I ever looked down to see how high the RPM's were, but I do know they were up there.
What do you think the odor is?
I hope it's not the tranny.... kind of smells like my old slipping manual trans on my piece of crap 1987 Mazda B2600 4x4 truck.
Thank you,
Rich
Hello...
I have a 2004 F-150 Lariat 4x4 Crew Cab. I just went over 11,000 miles. I'm not very engine/tranny etc etc savy so please bare with me.
I went to Reno, NV this past weekend. My sister lives 10 minutes outside Reno and received a record 3 plus feet of snow. I finally had a chance to run to new truck with my new 35" Toyo Open Country M/T tires. They both ran flawless.
I was having a great time scaring the hell out of my sister by driving up her streets sideways. I noticed when I got out of the truck I smelled a burning smell. It was like the smell of burning rubber or maybe hot brakes. I know those two smells are probably completely different to the trained professional, but again I'm a phone guy not a machanic.
I didn't think much about it, but here it is two days later and I still smell that odor when I get out of the truck. I've been driving it normal for two days now and the burning odor is not going away. Should I be concerned? Does it need to be checked? All my gauges read fine.
Just to recap on what I was doing to cause the odor. Allot of RPM's... going up a street sidways on a snowy raod. I'm actually very good at it... all the years of screwing around has paid off. I can't say I ever looked down to see how high the RPM's were, but I do know they were up there.
What do you think the odor is?
I hope it's not the tranny.... kind of smells like my old slipping manual trans on my piece of crap 1987 Mazda B2600 4x4 truck.
Thank you,
Rich