Omega Owners Forum
Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: bighed on 06 October 2008, 23:09:43
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For about the last week, every now and then I get a burning smell in the cabin. Then after about ten secs it totaly disappears. Climate is on eco and stereo is on. Driving home in the morning i will leave heating off with stereo on and vice versa on way back to work to see if I can find out whats causing this? Have bought a fire extinguisher just to be on the safe side. Any ideas on what to try? :-/
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Leaking cam covers??
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Leaking cam covers??
Ditto or tensioner on way out a possiblity. Had this myself. :o
Pop the lid in the morning and have a look - more than likely the cam cover seal(s) is/are leaking and dripping oil onto the exhaust manifold.
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I know my one is leaking but its not as bad as it was when i first had the car as have had them both done but passenger side is still weeping a bit. The covers were done about 4 months ago and its only started smelling. Its not a burning oil smell, its hard to describe really :-/
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What tensioner and where would this be please?
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What tensioner and where would this be please?
Cambelt
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What tensioner and where would this be please?
Top left pulley of the 'fan belt', as you look under the bonnet. It's the one you put the 15 mm socket/spanner on to relieve the 'fan belt' tension when removing it.
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What tensioner and where would this be please?
Top left pulley of the 'fan belt', as you look under the bonnet. It's the one you put the 15 mm socket/spanner on to relieve the 'fan belt' tension when removing it.
Thats not cambelt tensioner - thats tensioner for aux belt.
Cam belt tensioner is behind cover on front of engine.
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What tensioner and where would this be please?
Top left pulley of the 'fan belt', as you look under the bonnet. It's the one you put the 15 mm socket/spanner on to relieve the 'fan belt' tension when removing it.
Thats not cambelt tensioner - thats tensioner for aux belt.
Cam belt tensioner is behind cover on front of engine.
Either/or will give symptoms of burning if the bearings seize. They both have belts :y
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Thats not cambelt tensioner - thats tensioner for aux belt.
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I know ;). It's me you can see under the bonnet of Ian_D's car trying to sort out the GM cam belt. :y
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Would this smell on and off. It might smell once on a fifteen mile trip for about ten secs?
And is it likely to damage engine? :-/
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Would this smell on and off. It might smell once on a fifteen mile trip for about ten secs?
And is it likely to damage engine? :-/
Mmmm? I need another battery in the crystal ball before I can answer that one! You need to give the engine bay a good coat of looking at! :y :y :y
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I could look at it for hours on end but it still wouldnt help as I dont know what im looking at :-/ (obviously an engine!) but my mechanical skills engine wise are non existant. :-[ If there is anyone local who could point me in the right direction, Im a quick learner!! ::)
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I could look at it for hours on end but it still wouldnt help as I dont know what im looking at :-/ (obviously an engine!) but my mechanical skills engine wise are non existant. :-[ If there is anyone local who could point me in the right direction, Im a quick learner!! ::)
If it was your cam belt - ie the belt you can NOT see, then a definite YES it could bugger you engine up ££££'s to sort out. If it's the auxillary/fan belt then NO it won't, you'll just lose altrnator power steering air con if it breaks. I get an oily burning smell too, very occasionally after a long run, which is a leaky cam cover. It could, as suggested, be your cam cover. Pop a spark lead off and see if there's loads of oil down the plug hole.
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As above my one gasket is leaking slightly after being changed, but the burning smell doesnt smell of oil?? :(
Any offers of help would be very welcome :y
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if yer motor's a manual...
it might be clutch. could be caused by revving it too high when reversing etc, or, as in my case, oil oozing from cam cover dripping into the clutch and making it slip/shudder.
find out by trying to pulll away up hill with as little revs as possible and it will shudder and shake like crazy if you have an oily clutch.
if you have an autobox, ignore me :p
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I will ignore you then ;D ;D ;D ;D
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My vote goes for the aux belt tensioner, had similar (plus the whining noise).
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My omega had that smell also, it was the aux belt tensioner. It didnt smell all the time, noticed it when I came out of the car usually. I would change it if I was you, couse it aint a expencive part and easy to change.
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I would go with the cam covers as i get the smell and when i looked in the plug holes they are all full of oil Bugger here we go again >:(