xThinG

Hello,


What can cause oil to smell burned when idle, and last service the mechanic said also that the oil seems to be burned, what shoud i do? The oil filter was ok also housing

cuatrokoop

As in, you can smell oil burning off the surface of something? There are oil lines external to the engine (turbo), so any hoses that have crimped ends can leak, especially after a few years.

xThinG

Yes, can you diagnose a burned oil when it gets drained out at a regular maintenance ?

dreadlocks

dunno what you mean by burned oil, the engine is an oil burner.. with a turbocharger, so you can add some fresh gold oil and drive it a 100m or so hard and it'll all be black and look terrible.. but thats okay, the oil is designed to handle that.. 'burned oil' just means the oil was heat cycled, and yeah.. that happens when you pump it through a 1200 degree turbo

xThinG

Thanks for the reply, i didn’t fully understand the mechanic idea when he told me that the oil are burned.