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burning smell #337558 Nov 28, 4:36pm Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 245 north carolina silverbeast Member 2000 Toyota Celica silverbeast Member 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 245 north carolina My 2000 gts has recently had a burning smell after it is started and then reversed. please help.

Re: burning smell silverbeast #337559 Nov 28, 5:00pm Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 10,110 Milford, NJ VSGTS14 05 WRB 2005 Subaru WRX STi VSGTS14 05 WRB 2005 Subaru WRX STi Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 10,110 Milford, NJ clutch? SUBARU TECNICA INTERNATIONAL

Re: burning smell VSGTS14 #337560 Nov 28, 5:36pm Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 1,174 Frankfort, IL combatc87 Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica GT combatc87 Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 1,174 Frankfort, IL that's what i thought, too. -Combatc87- / -SgT._BiLkO-

Re: burning smell combatc87 #337561 Nov 28, 5:44pm Joined: May 2003 Posts: 5,342 Redondo Beach, CA spaztikid dikitzaps 1974 Toyota Celica spaztikid dikitzaps 1974 Toyota Celica Joined: May 2003 Posts: 5,342 Redondo Beach, CA was it tangy and sweet?

Re: burning smell spaztikid #337562 Nov 28, 6:00pm Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,546 Pennsylvania sbocaj55 Specialist 2000 Toyota Celica sbocaj55 Specialist 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,546 Pennsylvania Originally Posted by spaztikid was it tangy and sweet? wtf?!

Re: burning smell sbocaj55 #337563 Nov 29, 7:16am Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,227 Likes: 1 Massachusetts FloydianSlip6 Specialist 2002 Toyota Celica FloydianSlip6 Specialist 2002 Toyota Celica Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,227 Likes: 1 Massachusetts there are different kinds of burning smells. Clutch burning smells different than a functioning cat, which smells different than dying brakes. The only way to tell is to describe the smell in greater detail.

Re: burning smell FloydianSlip6 #337564 Nov 29, 6:03pm Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 245 north carolina silverbeast Member 2000 Toyota Celica silverbeast Member 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 245 north carolina smells sort of like burning plastic

Re: burning smell silverbeast #337565 Nov 29, 6:05pm Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 245 north carolina silverbeast Member 2000 Toyota Celica silverbeast Member 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 245 north carolina It only has been occasionaly happening when ever I reverse.

Re: burning smell silverbeast #337566 Nov 29, 6:06pm Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 530 Cali SquadOne USJDM 2001 Toyota Celica SquadOne USJDM 2001 Toyota Celica Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 530 Cali clutch

Re: burning smell silverbeast #337567 Nov 29, 6:07pm Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 245 north carolina silverbeast Member 2000 Toyota Celica silverbeast Member 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 245 north carolina Not sure if the clutch is old when I bought it. It had 60K on it when I bought it. When do clutches normally go bad?

Re: burning smell silverbeast #337568 Nov 29, 6:08pm Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 10,110 Milford, NJ VSGTS14 05 WRB 2005 Subaru WRX STi VSGTS14 05 WRB 2005 Subaru WRX STi Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 10,110 Milford, NJ its the clutch SUBARU TECNICA INTERNATIONAL

Re: burning smell silverbeast #337569 Nov 29, 6:09pm Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 245 north carolina silverbeast Member 2000 Toyota Celica silverbeast Member 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 245 north carolina Who Knows how it was driven before I got ahold of it.

Re: burning smell silverbeast #337570 Nov 29, 6:17pm Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 245 north carolina silverbeast Member 2000 Toyota Celica silverbeast Member 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 245 north carolina shit

Re: burning smell silverbeast #337571 Nov 29, 6:18pm Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 245 north carolina silverbeast Member 2000 Toyota Celica silverbeast Member 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 245 north carolina how long do you think till i have to replace

Re: burning smell silverbeast #337572 Nov 29, 6:21pm Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 774 Tempe, AZ ExNihilo Cold Warrior 2004 Toyota Celica GTS ExNihilo Cold Warrior 2004 Toyota Celica GTS Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 774 Tempe, AZ It happens every time you put it in reverse?

Re: burning smell ExNihilo #337573 Nov 29, 6:34pm Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 245 north carolina silverbeast Member 2000 Toyota Celica silverbeast Member 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 245 north carolina almost every time

Re: burning smell silverbeast #337574 Nov 29, 6:35pm Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 245 north carolina silverbeast Member 2000 Toyota Celica silverbeast Member 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 245 north carolina the thing is that it just started happening afew days ago. I dont think that i am the reason why it fucked up

Re: burning smell ExNihilo #337575 Nov 29, 6:43pm Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 245 north carolina silverbeast Member 2000 Toyota Celica silverbeast Member 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 245 north carolina ocassionaly

Re: burning smell silverbeast #337576 Nov 29, 10:28pm Joined: May 2004 Posts: 2,971 Turlock, CA RookieGTS Boobie Vision 2000 Toyota Celica RookieGTS Boobie Vision 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: May 2004 Posts: 2,971 Turlock, CA its the clutch... It smells like burnt rubber. More detail on to how it happens when you throw it in reverse??

Re: burning smell RookieGTS #337577 Nov 29, 10:58pm Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 273 GA Style Member 2000 Toyota Celica Style Member 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 273 GA hey bro, let me tell you it's the " clutch "!! I am the expert of this cause that happens to me too. After replacing a new clutch, it ends up fine.

Re: burning smell Style #337578 Nov 30, 11:29am Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 245 north carolina silverbeast Member 2000 Toyota Celica silverbeast Member 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 245 north carolina then i will just have to replace it i guess

Re: burning smell silverbeast #337579 Nov 30, 12:09pm Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,670 towson, md ragingpaseo Specialist 2003 Toyota Celica ragingpaseo Specialist 2003 Toyota Celica Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,670 towson, md do you rev it too high???

Re: burning smell ragingpaseo #337580 Nov 30, 2:59pm Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 190 North Carolina shonen Member 2001 Toyota Celica shonen Member 2001 Toyota Celica Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 190 North Carolina Since the smell is only when you reverse and probably not very strong of an odor and not burning when driving you still got a some time to replace it. Mine just recently started to fry too, its got 77K miles on it now and bought it with 70K miles, so I guess its somewhere between 50K-80K miles depending on driving. You might as well get a new lightened flywheel while your at it too if you got the dough.

Re: burning smell shonen #337581 Nov 30, 3:19pm Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 1,093 SoCal Eman Black Sheep 2000 Toyota Celica GT Eman Black Sheep 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 1,093 SoCal when was the last time you had an oilchange...if it was recent...then the guy might of spilled some fluid on to your motor and its causing that stench...look into that before you make things complicated

Re: burning smell Eman #337582 Nov 30, 3:24pm Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 245 north carolina silverbeast Member 2000 Toyota Celica silverbeast Member 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 245 north carolina Oil is new and there is no spill on the engine. I have never redlined and hardely ever try to hit lift

Re: burning smell silverbeast #337583 Nov 30, 6:27pm Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 1,716 Nebraska celicafourotwo Specialist 2000 Toyota Celica celicafourotwo Specialist 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 1,716 Nebraska i hate my previous owner..the bastard put so much stress on the cluth it burned out 2weks after i bought it..the dude must have abused it badly..i hate people that don't take care of their car and then sell it with a whole bunch of problem so the next buyer have to live with diggin deep to get it fix..

Re: burning smell celicafourotwo #337584 Nov 30, 6:32pm Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 1,174 Frankfort, IL combatc87 Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica GT combatc87 Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 1,174 Frankfort, IL when i bought my car, it had 12,500 miles on it. when i asked the salesman about the clutch, he said it was at about 80%. that seemed a little low to me, but i guess that's about right. i can't imagine how it is, now (i learned to drive stick on this car). -Combatc87- / -SgT._BiLkO-

Re: burning smell combatc87 #337585 Nov 30, 9:25pm Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 1,694 Tampa, Florida Polykarb Metal Storm 2040 2000 Toyota Celica Polykarb Metal Storm 2040 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 1,694 Tampa, Florida Reverse ratio doesn't have the synchro-mesh that switches all of the other gears. Start it up, wait for a minute or 2, put it into reverse, back up slowly, and put it in neutral. It takes like 10sec's for the tranny to spin the gears at the same speed as the engine.

Re: burning smell Polykarb #337586 Nov 30, 9:27pm Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 1,298 Annapolis, Maryland sickcelica696 Specialist 2000 Toyota Celica sickcelica696 Specialist 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 1,298 Annapolis, Maryland its only clutch if he holds it too long and burns it up, if you just engage the reverse and ride the brake the car drives itself without gas

Re: burning smell sickcelica696 #337587 Nov 30, 9:57pm Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,670 towson, md ragingpaseo Specialist 2003 Toyota Celica ragingpaseo Specialist 2003 Toyota Celica Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,670 towson, md ^yup, if you hold down your clutch, press the gas to hard, and rev too high, you'll get that smell cause i made a thread like this awhile back. in short, you're smelling your clutch like everybody else said...

Re: burning smell ragingpaseo #337588 Nov 30, 10:04pm Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 87 San Diego, California celicamaniac Member 2002 Toyota Celica celicamaniac Member 2002 Toyota Celica Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 87 San Diego, California My car also does that. Like burn rubber when im at rest and reving my car. I figure is my clutch. Going to the dealer to check it out tomorrow Wednesday. Might be clutch or transmisson fluid. Thinking trani fluid.

Re: burning smell ragingpaseo #337589 Nov 30, 10:45pm Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 10 Washington Celica2000 Member 2000 Toyota Celica GT Celica2000 Member 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 10 Washington MY CLUCTH WENT OUT AT 60,000 TOO FUCKEN CAR.. but now i have a stage 3 in it soo she runs a lot better now

Re: burning smell Celica2000 #337590 Dec 1, 5:31pm Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 245 north carolina silverbeast Member 2000 Toyota Celica silverbeast Member 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 245 north carolina how much did youu pay for stage 3 setup

Re: burning smell silverbeast #337591 Dec 1, 7:16pm Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 6 Georgia dracom New Member dracom New Member Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 6 Georgia damn, talk about short life clutches, i'm at 144,000 miles on stock clutch. tho it is just now starting to show signs it may need to be replaced soon i think.

Re: burning smell silverbeast #449228 Mar 26, 7:10pm Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 1 Sn. Fransisco Ca Paskal1 New Member Paskal1 New Member Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 1 Sn. Fransisco Ca Is this still usable when you smell little bit burnt?

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