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Old Apr 9, 2013 | 07:30 PM
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Default Smell of burning when running
Hi.

I have a smell of burning when running my focus st170, I have checked under the hood & cant see anything which would cause this, the engine block is very hot.

Any ideas would be welcome.

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Old Apr 9, 2013 | 09:09 PM
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mightve had something stuck to exhaust or have you painted anything near or on engine
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Old Apr 9, 2013 | 09:23 PM
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cheers,

havent painted anything, will need to double check exhaust
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Old Apr 10, 2013 | 12:31 AM
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i got a crisp packet stuck to mine months ago still smells now frigging monster munch beef flavour lol
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Old Apr 10, 2013 | 02:01 AM
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I had that in my mk2 mondeo, shortly followed by a coolant smell, shortly folllowed by my heater matrix failling.
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could also be cat
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