1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee "oil burning smell" Questions

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smoke lingers long, steam goes away fast steam smells like antifreeze, sweet and nasty smoke smells like, well, oil burning, take eng. dip stick drip one drop of oil on a hot manifold smell smoke, now

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burning through alot of oil, had an oil leak a few months back, but not seeing oil on the ground anymore, and the coolant low light is on and the radiator is full but rusty, but the reservoir is empty

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burning oil is coming out my muffler You are leaking oil somewhere in the engine and it may be getting into the exhaust. There are a few places it can come out at. It could be leaking around the head,

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Oil level is normal, but when it's hot outside the engine smells like burning rubber. I have a 1995 Jeep Grand Cherokee. If anyone can help I would really appreciate it. Generally that smell is caused

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...oil leak burning off on an exhaust manifold or pipe. Since you did not report any electrical malfunctions, I'd check that first. When working the engine harder it gets hotter and you will therefore ...

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...burning rubber smell to it also. if you have any input i would love to hear what you think. Your head gasket is bad,thus the smell of antifreeze in exhaust,,,,,,,check your oil,,you might have what ...

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...same and there was a lot of debris or oil really smelled bad, you likely have burned clutches and need a rebuild. Compare smell and colour with another vehicle... trans oil never smells really

...oil burning. steam will be AF coolant smell, sweet. oil smells like burning oil and takes a long to time to go way, if you have never smelled burning oil, drip some on a hot exh. manifold and learn ...

anything burning, and there aren't any lights coming on. Where could the oil be leaking from? Gasket/O-ring bad on the oil fill cap. The fan is throwing it around where you've found the excess

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...when i first start it, it will slip a little. Some one HELP!!!!!! You should check it in Park while the engine is running, the burnt smell might be from the excess oil (if overfilled) burning

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