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Bodywerks · 04-13-2015, 02:33 AM

After a 10 to 15 minute drive, a little spirited of course, I get out of my car and smell what seriously smells like used cooking oil!?!?
My car has 980 miles on it. When it was BRAND new I smelled the brakes because of the stuff they put on the disks. This isn't that smell.
It seems to be coming from the transmission. It doesn't smell like clutch dust.
Thoughts?

spadz93 · 04-13-2015, 06:25 AM

980 miles, 2015 model, time to go to the dealer and use that warranty!

Bodywerks · 04-13-2015, 06:42 AM

I prefer to avoid the dealer. Just looking to see if anyone has experienced the smell. It's not an external leak or the evidence would be on my garage floor. Thought maybe it could be the compound they use for the clutch discs or something being different to the smell I'm used to.

mat300z · 04-13-2015, 06:46 AM

I wouldn't even worry about it yet...just breaking it in. Take it out a few more times and see if it goes away. Make sure your not parking next to a Mickey D's

Scott@Bjorn3D · 04-13-2015, 07:00 AM

You are going to have lots of smells for the first 5000 miles. Clutch smells horrible most the time, stuff burning off the exhaust, and even an oil smell from time to time. It all quit for me around 5000 miles.

Bodywerks · 04-13-2015, 11:10 AM

Good to know. This is my first ever brand new ride so I probably just need to get used to having something new. It's going under the knife for some bolt ons tomorrow!

snarky · 04-13-2015, 11:36 AM

I've had my 1LE for 13 months ( 2100 miles ) and never had any smells except one time > the gross burning scent from hill start assist engaging.
I do have the TSB muffler clamp rattle somewhere under my seat.
Other than that it has been problem free. AND WORTH EVERY PENNY.

Angrybird 12 · 04-13-2015, 11:55 AM

There are coating put on parts to keep them from corroding in shipping or while in storage, for the first few hundred miles or so you will probably smell them as they burn off components as they heat up. It should gradually get less and less as you drive it more. I have noticed that smell on every new car I have ever bought. Nothing to worry about unless it keeps getting worse.

Drumminxx · 04-13-2015, 12:05 PM

When I got mine last year I could smell stuff burning off but it will go away after a few thousand miles.

shibbs · 04-13-2015, 02:24 PM

Most of the time it's the forming oil they use on the exhaust components. Once you get it really nice and hot for a while it'll go away.

Perfectly normal. Rock on.

chuckstacamaro · 04-13-2015, 02:29 PM

Did it smell like Fried Chicken or French Fries......LOL....Seriously, prolly excess oil/lube from factory burning off....

sherob · 04-13-2015, 02:43 PM

+1 on hill assist and clutch smell... I only have 1500 miles of smiles on mine, and it's getting better, gradually.

Bodywerks · 04-13-2015, 06:40 PM

Mine has hill assist deleted. I wonder if it is the clutch. I just installed the vitesse throttle controller and I am still getting used to the change in response. I am slipping the clutch a tad more...

04-13-2015, 02:33 AM	#1
Bodywerks Drives: 2015 2SS/RS/1LE Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Tucson Posts: 866	Cooking oil smell on my new 1LE??? After a 10 to 15 minute drive, a little spirited of course, I get out of my car and smell what seriously smells like used cooking oil!?!? My car has 980 miles on it. When it was BRAND new I smelled the brakes because of the stuff they put on the disks. This isn't that smell. It seems to be coming from the transmission. It doesn't smell like clutch dust. Thoughts? __________________ 2015 SS/RS/1LE HSA delete, VMAX throttle body, CAI inc. Intake, PRC255 heads, BTR 660 springs, BTR cryo-treated rockers, PAT G 232/240 .654/.626 110+2, johnson 2110's, Manton 502 pushrods, C5R, Melling high volume/high pressure, Powerbond 25% underdrive pulley, Proform covers, Kooks stepped headers, catless mids, Doug Thorley exhaust. 512rwhp, 446rwtq on a mustang dyno, tuned by Cunningham motorsports.

04-13-2015, 06:25 AM	#2
spadz93 BUMBL Z Drives: 2015 ZL1 Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Northern NJ Posts: 2,577 View My Garage	980 miles, 2015 model, time to go to the dealer and use that warranty! __________________ Sold: 2015 ZL1 M6, Rotofab Intake, LS3 throttle body, 2.55 Upper/9.17 Lower, Custom Camshaft, DMS Reinforced Brick, ID1050X, 1 7/8" Headers, ProSpeed HX/Reservoir, DSX Aux Pump/Flex Fuel Sensor, E85, McLeod RXT, BMR 1" Drop, 680rw 93/750rw E85, Tuned by CSP Sold: 2010 2SS, some bolt ons, 415rwhp/400rwtq

04-13-2015, 06:42 AM	#3
Bodywerks Drives: 2015 2SS/RS/1LE Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Tucson Posts: 866	I prefer to avoid the dealer. Just looking to see if anyone has experienced the smell. It's not an external leak or the evidence would be on my garage floor. Thought maybe it could be the compound they use for the clutch discs or something being different to the smell I'm used to. __________________ 2015 SS/RS/1LE HSA delete, VMAX throttle body, CAI inc. Intake, PRC255 heads, BTR 660 springs, BTR cryo-treated rockers, PAT G 232/240 .654/.626 110+2, johnson 2110's, Manton 502 pushrods, C5R, Melling high volume/high pressure, Powerbond 25% underdrive pulley, Proform covers, Kooks stepped headers, catless mids, Doug Thorley exhaust. 512rwhp, 446rwtq on a mustang dyno, tuned by Cunningham motorsports. Last edited by Bodywerks; 04-13-2015 at 07:02 AM.

04-13-2015, 11:10 AM	#6
Bodywerks Drives: 2015 2SS/RS/1LE Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Tucson Posts: 866	Good to know. This is my first ever brand new ride so I probably just need to get used to having something new. It's going under the knife for some bolt ons tomorrow! __________________ 2015 SS/RS/1LE HSA delete, VMAX throttle body, CAI inc. Intake, PRC255 heads, BTR 660 springs, BTR cryo-treated rockers, PAT G 232/240 .654/.626 110+2, johnson 2110's, Manton 502 pushrods, C5R, Melling high volume/high pressure, Powerbond 25% underdrive pulley, Proform covers, Kooks stepped headers, catless mids, Doug Thorley exhaust. 512rwhp, 446rwtq on a mustang dyno, tuned by Cunningham motorsports.

04-13-2015, 11:36 AM	#7
snarky ultracrepidarianism Drives: '14 1SS/RS/1LE/NPP '18 Accord Sport Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: where folks drive like shit Posts: 1,297	I've had my 1LE for 13 months ( 2100 miles ) and never had any smells except one time > the gross burning scent from hill start assist engaging. I do have the TSB muffler clamp rattle somewhere under my seat. Other than that it has been problem free. AND WORTH EVERY PENNY. __________________

04-13-2015, 06:46 AM	#4
mat300z Emerald Coast Camaro's Drives: 2014 ZL1 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: P.C.B. Florida Posts: 815	I wouldn't even worry about it yet...just breaking it in. Take it out a few more times and see if it goes away. Make sure your not parking next to a Mickey D's

04-13-2015, 07:00 AM	#5
Scott@Bjorn3D Drives: Kami, 2013 2SS LS3 Luvin Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Eufaula, Alabama Posts: 6,427	You are going to have lots of smells for the first 5000 miles. Clutch smells horrible most the time, stuff burning off the exhaust, and even an oil smell from time to time. It all quit for me around 5000 miles.

04-13-2015, 11:55 AM	#8
Angrybird 12 7 year Cancer Survivor! Drives: 17 Cruze RS, 07 G6 GT, 99 Astro Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: East Tennessee Posts: 21,547	There are coating put on parts to keep them from corroding in shipping or while in storage, for the first few hundred miles or so you will probably smell them as they burn off components as they heat up. It should gradually get less and less as you drive it more. I have noticed that smell on every new car I have ever bought. Nothing to worry about unless it keeps getting worse. __________________ Cancer's a bitch! Enjoy life while you can! LIVE, LOVE, DRIVE... The Bird is the word!

04-13-2015, 12:05 PM	#9
Drumminxx Drives: 2014 2SS RS 1LE Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Ohio Posts: 656 View My Garage	When I got mine last year I could smell stuff burning off but it will go away after a few thousand miles. __________________ Nice car bro!

04-13-2015, 02:29 PM	#11
chuckstacamaro Drives: 2014 2SS/RS BRM Purchase 03/19/2014 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Melbourne, FL Posts: 538 View My Garage	Did it smell like Fried Chicken or French Fries......LOL....Seriously, prolly excess oil/lube from factory burning off....

04-13-2015, 02:43 PM	#12
sherob Drives: 2015 SW 1SS/RS 1LE Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Brighton, CO Posts: 2,736	+1 on hill assist and clutch smell... I only have 1500 miles of smiles on mine, and it's getting better, gradually.

04-13-2015, 06:40 PM	#13
Bodywerks Drives: 2015 2SS/RS/1LE Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Tucson Posts: 866	Mine has hill assist deleted. I wonder if it is the clutch. I just installed the vitesse throttle controller and I am still getting used to the change in response. I am slipping the clutch a tad more... __________________ 2015 SS/RS/1LE HSA delete, VMAX throttle body, CAI inc. Intake, PRC255 heads, BTR 660 springs, BTR cryo-treated rockers, PAT G 232/240 .654/.626 110+2, johnson 2110's, Manton 502 pushrods, C5R, Melling high volume/high pressure, Powerbond 25% underdrive pulley, Proform covers, Kooks stepped headers, catless mids, Doug Thorley exhaust. 512rwhp, 446rwtq on a mustang dyno, tuned by Cunningham motorsports.