I'm having a weird smell emanating from the rear of my 2002 s2k. Doesn't exactly smell like rubber. Almost smells like burnt antifreeze.

I smelled it after having a bizarre clutch slip when trying to start moving from a start. I didn't drop the clutch, but I was goosing it a little. I needed to squeeze into traffic. The car barely moved. I noticed a small amount of white/blue smoke from the back.

Only 4500 miles.

Any ideas?

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by staffordaz
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clutch slip

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by joe_s2k
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Slipping the clutch will produce that smell each time.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by staffordaz
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Two things:

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Heh. When I lived in North Carolina I had friends who called it "clutch dust."

 

Ehhh... I have that same smell after playing in the drive way.. (I am not 16 yet
) I have launched at 4,500 and got it... ???? Is this normal??? I have stopped doing it after guessing it was the clutch, but shouldn't it be able to handle some pressure??? I am use to my brothers third gen RX7 you could launch at the redline.... Maybe it is just a week clutch.. also I have a 00... is there anyway I can get a new clutch under warranty from the tsb???

 

If it smells like cat pee then it's the clutch. (personal experience)

 

Mine smells like an electrical burn.. real strong.. is that the clutch???

 

Yeah, most likely. The clutch smell will hang out for a bit. 2 days in my unfortunate experience

 

The one and only time I burnt my clutch I smelled distinctly like cat pee. Like a furball squeejed in my ride. It did not smell like an electrical burn.
JM2C