Smelly Cayman R (PDK)

[GT4RSWirral]

Hi all,

This might be a silly question?

Is it normal to smell clutch when you turn off the engine after a normal town/country drive getting out of the car? It's mostly left in drive as well and has 26,000 mile on the clock.

A&G

 

[rob.kellock]

You sure it's clutch smell? Porsches generally smell compared to "normal" cars. I think there can be an issue with bits of rubber from the tyres flicking on to the adjacent hot exhaust, especially drivers side on a 987. My 996 used to be very similar too, I think it is a bit of a characteristic. Of course if it's something new that your R doesn't normally do then you may well need to make further enquiries.

 

[Fred Hindle]

Hot brakes can smell like a burning clutch. Cheers,

 

[colski1961]

no smells from mine other than the usual, tyre, exhaust and brakes after a spirited drive.......ticks and clicks away for about 30 mins as it cools down. Certainly no smellier than any other sports car I've owned. Cheers, Colin

 

[Maxym]

Faint smell of burning rubber around rear wheel arch from my 981 Cayman when I put it in the garage after a run. Was the same with my 997 Gen II. I wouldn't worry about it.

 

[Motorhead]

Alun, The PDK 'box uses two multi-plate wet clutches, so unless you're smelling burning oil it's unlikely to be the clutches....unless there's fault. Assuming it's not the brakes (it's always best to let them cool down before parking up), as Rob says, tyre rubber burning on the exhaust is more likely to be the source of your problem. Jeff

 

[chrisH]

My 987 GEN II Cayman smelt of rubber after a run, seems the rear tyres are very close to the hot exhaust manifolds. If I recall the OPC said "they all do that". I noticed that the 981 does not smell of rubber as much, maybe they designed in a heat shield on the 981 exhausts.