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anyone ever get a burnt wax smell coming from their engine?

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Old 09-09-2001, 08:18 AM
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anyone ever get a burnt wax smell coming from their engine?
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Only when I light a couple candles on the engine cover.
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Default Cosmoline...normal for a newer car, is yours pretty new? It's a waxy anti-corrosion material pumped
into the frame of the car...you can see it leaking out at various points in the engine bay...all over the car really.

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