Audi_in_Van

Has anyone noticed the funny smell when they driver a new 1.8T 5-speed? I kind of pushed the car a few times and I got this terrible smell that I have never experienced with any other car. It really stinks. I suspect that it is the clutch, but it just does not smell like clutch. Is there anything about the turbo, new lubes in the engine getting burned or anything like that to cause this?

Polar Avant

It should be the clutch. It happens to all new manual transmission cars when pushed a litl harder. After you "run-in" the clutch, it will be a lot better.

Audi_in_Van

It's not. I did not screech the tires at all.

woofpup

Is it coming from (or stronger in) the engine bay, or more from the rear/exhaust?

Ray Zorhead

If it's quattro, you wouldn't screech the tires, the clutch takes the big hit.

Jason in Vancouver

wonder why too

ex-quattro PETE

if you're referring to that rotten-egg type, sweetish odor.

Usually, you can smell it easily if you are directly behind the car - like on many of our Audi drives - if the 1.8T guy in front of me floors it, I can smell it right away.

My take is that a little of that smell gets into your cabin - not sure if you're driving with your windows down or not. I can smell it inside my car sometimes (even with the windows closed), but very little. If you can smell a lot of it, then maybe you have an air leak somewhere and should have it checked by the dealer.

MarkShark

I've smelled this a few times in my 3.0.

DroidAkty

If it smells like rotten eggs, then its the cat. How many KMs on the car?

April

Sometimes a little wax can leak out of a cavity if the nearby area gets hot. Smells nasty if it hits exhaust.

Most likely the cause. If it hasn't gone away by 10,000kms, see dealer.