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wtf smells like a burning clutch in an automatic car?

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  • Start date Start date Oct 25, 2004

gibson89LX

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brake pads?
Car drives fine and everything but every once in a while It smells of burnt clutch.
 

bhuff30

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probably the brakes dragging.
 

gibson89LX

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bhuff30 said:
probably the brakes dragging.
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that's what I thought, but it just started a week ago. Brakes would drag for the first week after you install them or so. Maybe bad calipers?
 

Dr_EluSivE

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Alternator bearings smell really bad when they go too. I would check all the brakes though especially if you just changed em. Put it up on stands and spin the wheels, see if any of them drag.

Dr.
 
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