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Old Sep 1, 2008 | 06:28 PM
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For about a month or so, I always smell something is burning in my engine, but i don't know what it is. I smell it during my drive and after.

It's a Honda accord EX 1993

I change my oil myself with really good oil and it always has good amount of coolant.
My previous owner did not drive the car for about a year but he took it to the repair shop to fix everything before selling it to me.

Help me please.

 
Old Sep 1, 2008 | 06:32 PM
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manual or automatic? my bet is clutch if its manual, oil otherwise
 
Old Sep 1, 2008 | 06:37 PM
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I think it's manual.
 
Old Sep 1, 2008 | 07:00 PM
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.......................you dont know if your car is a standard or automatic transmission?...............................what has the world come to
 
Old Sep 1, 2008 | 07:05 PM
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LOL
 
Old Sep 1, 2008 | 08:07 PM
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ORIGINAL: live2rice

.......................you dont know if your car is a standard or automatic transmission?...............................what has the world come to
Apparently filled with people who do not know a manual from a auto.

None the less.

Burn. lol
 
Old Sep 7, 2008 | 11:53 PM
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it's a long shot but one possibility is something plastic might have got under the hood and fell on the exhaust manifold cover or somewherethat becomes hot.i was changing a fuse once and carelessly dropped the plasticsachet the fuse came in and it got melted on the exhaust manifold cover and smelled real bad for a long time. i triedto scrape it off when the enginewas hot but a little bit was left over and it burned there for a real long time until all of ithad vaporised off.

I fell sorry for u not knowing whether your car is a manual or auto. or was that a joke.how many pedals doyou have?
 
Old Sep 8, 2008 | 12:10 AM
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hey, there's such thing as having both.
 
Old Sep 8, 2008 | 01:38 AM
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what do you mean a manumatic or trip tronic kind of tranny. but those are still auto's with controls to tell the computer to shift. but not on '93 accord.
 
Old Sep 8, 2008 | 07:54 AM
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if you're not sure what transmission you have, i'd be willing to be you have an automatic.
 

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