I have a 1990 Accord LX, with 93k on it - About a month ago I started noticing a burnt oil smell after the car has been running for a few minutes, so I went through it, checking for leaks (In the process I also changed my oil pan gasket, valve cover gasket, and PVC) - There are no leaks whatsoever, and after assuming it was the valve seals, I replaced those as well, yet that damned burning oil smell is STILL THERE!!! Compression on all four cylinders was 151, so there's no problem there, so what the hell could be the issue??? I'm not losing any oil at all from the looks of it, and ZERO smoke from the exhaust

 

If you had a leak before, and replaced gaskets, etc...

It will take a while to burn off the excess oil that was already there. If you can clean the engine, without getting water on the connectors - give that a try...

otherwise, take it on the highway for 10 minutes to burn off any oil that is dripping on the exhaust manifold, then see what happens.

 

I covered almost 400 miles today, 95% highway speeds, and STILL smell it - I just can't figure it out, and it's driving me NUTS! o.O