That Smell!!!
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That Smell!!!
Well, I have just turned 4000 miles in my 09 C2S Cab, and that burning smell is just as strong as it was the day I got the car new. The service writer at my dealer says it is the cosmoline that is on the engine, and the smell is normal. Furthermore, he said it could take upt to 10,000 to 15,000 miles for it to completely disappear. What have others experienced with the 997.2?
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dasael (10-24-2020)
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Three Wheelin'
I love the smell of cosmoline in the morning...smells like...
Victory.
Victory.
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23,000 miles on a 997.1 and it still does it - particularly after working up a good lather....
If yours quits after 10 or 15k, you're lucky.
If yours quits after 10 or 15k, you're lucky.
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Racer
When the air temperature is cold & you are running on summer tires that are hard as hockey pucks your hot mufflers will cook the little bits of rubber that get cast off. Now that is a smell.
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#10
Burning Brakes
I posted about this earlier this year. I have come to appreciate it. People always assume it is the clutch or brakes or something and it only adds to the issue that it's more potent after a hard drive.
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I find nothing about it to appreciate except faulty engeneering. I have never had a car that smelled like this, and I have owned many a sports car. I flat *** out just don't like it.
#12
Race Car
Geezuz, it's not that bad. Mine smells like i've been burning rubber even after I go to pick up the groceries but it's just the 911 character. I Don't think faulty engineering and Porsche belong in the same sentence.
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When that smell fills my garage my wife gets a cross look on her face because she knows I have been driving the car HARD and therefore not being as cautious as possible. Oh well! It smells less at 15K than it did at 5K that's for sure.......
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Three Wheelin'
My car doesn't do that - I wonder if sitting in the dealer lot for 6 months "aired" it out? I sometimes smell the tires - not so much now that they are not new, and sometimes smell a little oil or engine smell like warm hoses, but the cosmoline, I don't think on this car I have noticed it. 5-10 minutes after I park the car, you'd never know it had been driven without touching it's butt - garage smells neutral I'd say.