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Tinga
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so after i start my car let it warm up and drive it for about ten minutes it starts to smell like burning rubber really badly. so today after i got back from skiing i left it running and looked under the hood and there seems to be smoke coming out from right about where the transmission starts. is this probably just an oil leak or could it be something else?  its a '99 subaru forrester. i bought it used like a month ago from a subaru dealership. they did a full inspection on it and had fixed some oil leaks and changed the oil. basically im just asking it it could be something other than another oil leak.
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japanada
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Burning rubber? Well i doubt it is your tires, so maybe a belt or gasket seal somewhere. Id take it back to the dealer. They should fix it since you just got it from them.
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Tinga
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bumper pool.
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gnarlygoodski22
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it could be oil coming down and hitting the front part of the exhaust, if anything is dripping find out what color it is. Also, could be a long shot but check out your brake pads, if they are rubbing it smells real shitty and you might get smoke, good luck...i dont own a subaru though, i just deal with jeep problems
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Mr.Panda
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my bronco used to get a real nasty smell sometimes, could smell like rubber, but i had oil leaking out of the some gasket in my engine block and it was running down and burning on the exhaust like the guy above me said.  its probably something like that happening to you.  i dont know what a subaru engine compartment looks like but it could also be your power steering belt.
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Kelly-Goosecock
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if its coming from the transmission, could be your clutch but cause you're from the us i assume its an auto? take it back to dealership and ask them to take a look. could be many many things.
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PaleCelery
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Some fluid could be dripping onto something hot and burning? my buddy had this problem on his POS blunt cruiser.
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linesteeze
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as soon as i read Subaru forrester i heard it on the tv it was kinda weird
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user098123
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What color is the smoke?
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Tinga
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white but not super thick. its an auto transmission as sad as it is to say.
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user098123
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If it's white smoke you are leaking coolant. Get coolant, top yourself off and drive the car as little as possible. If you think you know where the smoke is coming from, check the gaskets, check the hoses and check anywhere in that part of the engine that coolant may be flowing through. If you burn off all your coolant you run the risk of overheating your engine and toasting it for good.
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gnarlygoodski22
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Trufe!! dont fuck yourself over for good
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Tinga
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since i knew something was burning i've been watching the temperature and it hasnt seemed to been affected.
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user098123
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If you still have coolant in there your temp gauge will still read normal. Once you burn off all of your coolant though your engine can overheat really fast and blow everything. If you aren't comfortable doing the work yourself I'd take it in to get it checked. A service fee is alot better than a dead engine.
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0123456789
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word, last week i a coolant heater hose thng blow all my coolant all over my engine bay. almost instant overheating, luckly nothing was affected. the needle as like a cm above the red block at the top
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Tinga
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alright. would coolant be responsible for that smell though?
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0123456789
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it would smell sweet i believe if its coolant.
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user098123
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Ya it can smell sweet but it could also give you that burning rubberish smell that you described depending on where its leaking from.
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Tinga
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alright thanks guys
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