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Originally Posted by AquilaBMW
No worries... and not to give you a hard time here, but from what you first said, it sounded more like a coolant leak because you said there was no odor.
If you can actually smell the oil and burnt plasticy smell... then yep, it probably is an oil leak. It might be from the valve cover gaskets, once the oil is warm and under sufficient pressure, it might be leaking out onto the headers and that creates your smoke in the engine area.
Have you checked your gaskets to or around the engine block to see if there is oil residue or traces? Look around the valve cover gaskets and around the headers.  |
no worries. my apologizes for the info. I havent really smelled burnt oil before or am not fimiliar to it. i do appreciate the help.
I'm not ruling out coolant for sure yet, just because I do have a coolant leak and a Tstat going bad. there can be other places as bcredliner mentions towards the back that coolant can leak.
There is however that scary burnt smell. that is 100% with or without the smoke. it's not very strong, but i can smell it.
Would i have to remove the top trim cover to see if there is gasket going bad? i've read on bavvauto it's a simple DIY, is it really. I have never worked on the engine part before around the spark plug, so should i take it to the indy?
thanks again, i appreciate the help.
