burnt rubber smell

[D&SW]

We had this problem on 1999 Impreza and now have same problem on 2000
Forester.

Forester smells like burnt rubber from front end after a 20 mile drive.
Everything appears OK under hood. Belts, hoses, wires, etc. all OK. I have
checked for leaks on or near exhaust and come up empty. Had the same success
at finding smell on the Impreza. I have seen others mention this on this
forum, but never found the cause. Any ideas?

Thank you!
DAW

 

[Carl 1 Lucky Texan]

We had this problem on 1999 Impreza and now have same problem on 2000
Forester.

Forester smells like burnt rubber from front end after a 20 mile drive.
Everything appears OK under hood. Belts, hoses, wires, etc. all OK. I have
checked for leaks on or near exhaust and come up empty. Had the same success
at finding smell on the Impreza. I have seen others mention this on this
forum, but never found the cause. Any ideas?

Thank you!
DAW

Sometimes a split CV boot will splatter grease on hot exhaust
components. Smells nasty.

Carl

 

[kaplan3jiim]

Sometimes a split CV boot will splatter grease on hot exhaust
components. Smells nasty.

Carl

Have you looked for oil leaks on the front of the engin?. Not sure
what engine you have, but the ones in use in much of the '90s had a
tendency to develop oil gasket leaks at not terribly high mileage.
And although mine never splattered on the exhaust (that I could see),
it definitely smelled like burning rubber.

Jim