2.7Lturbo

so i got a whiff of strong burning rubber smell the other day during a quick trip to the gas station.

car was not driven all day and was only driven a total of 1 mile t and from the gas station. i opened the hood and i could smeel a burning odor, specifically like rubber, maybe a little bit of oil. i tried to look for smoke but could not find any. at first i was afraid of the timing belt (replaced by me at 75-80K; i know im bad for not remembering which one!) but the smell was not coming form the front of the motor, it seemed to be originating from the top/middle/rear of the engine.

the car just hit 90K and im wondering what this could be? did highway to and from work today with no burning smell so now im really courious as to whether i should be driving or not.

also is there a way to quickly take a peak at the timing belt that is not labor intensive?

2.7taudi

On the 2.7 the only i know of peeking at the belt is by removing the inlets from the throttle body boot to the bottom leading to the turbo. And after that you have to remove the plastic protecting the timing belt with some torx bolts.

jcman

And it turned out to be a torn CV boot flinging the grease on a manifold hot spot then the rims showed grease after a few days then the real fun pinch bolt and so on.