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Hot Rubber Smell

ColonelMoon

ColonelMoon

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Hi,

I have recently bought a 9 month old 2.7 Sport from a main dealer which I absolutely love but I'm experiencing a fairly strong hot rubber smell from the engine after I park and switch the engine off. I have had this before on an S2000 and in both cases the smell is coming from the engine area, I have spoken to Porsche about it but they didn't seem to know what it was but asked me to pop it in at some point so they could investigate. The car drives beautifully and everything seems fine and I'm not overly worried but wondered if any one could shed any light on this or whether they had experienced something similar.
 
Hi ...... get the same on my 2005 3.2 S. ......Porsche Hatfield say it's normal...... !!! I must admit it's been like this for as long as I can remember for the two years I've had the car .......[8|]
 
Thanks for your response Mike I thought it had to be normal but the technician at Reading couldn't really speculate on where the smell could come from in the engine as only the coolant pipes and drive belts are made of rubber and he couldn't see why they would produce this smell.

Chris.
 
It's very likely to be the tyres after run, lots of people report this. If it's a belt (likely the ancillary or 'v'-belt) you would probably hear squeeling as it rubs against something it shouldn't.
 
Its either the inner edges of the tyres getting hot against the eahusts or the protective wax thats applied under the engine/gearbox area.
Either way its normal.
 
I noticed this on my Boxster (also a 2.7 sport ed.) when it was new, but it has gone off now. The brakes and engine always smelled hot and a bit "rubbery" on my 986 after a good workout.
 
I think this is a Porsche "feature", both my 911s exhibit the same smell after a drive :) I always wondered if Porsche design would bottle that smell as an aftershave :)
 
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