Strong oil smell

[Deathharbinger19]

I just had a longish drive about an hour. I was mostly cruising nothing crazy. Except for about 3.5 miles on a mountain but still not super hard on it. I got ready to pull up a road that fairly steep and the car lurched pretty hard. Harder than a stall lurch but I was still running. And once I stopped and let the car idle for a minute or two I opened the door and had a strong burnt oil smell I'm changing the oil in it tomorrow cause it's that time. Just wondering what it could be. Only 54k on engine if that helps

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[Eagleye]

you mentioned "except for about 3.5 miles on a mountain" were you lugging the motor at all in 5th/6th? Or was the car turning hard a lot during that time?

 

[Alin]

Any visual oil leaks under the hood and car? Does it still smell like oil now?

 

[Deathharbinger19]

you mentioned "except for about 3.5 miles on a mountain" were you lugging the motor at all in 5th/6th? Or was the car turning hard a lot during that time?

I never lug the or kick in 5-6th gear. And hard turning yes but nothing to break traction on the cheap kendras I have

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[Deathharbinger19]

Any visual oil leaks under the hood and car? Does it still smell like oil now?

I don't see any. Yes after another drive today it is still faint

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[Alin]

Did you check the oil dipstick to check if the oil level is the same or if it has changed?

 

[Deathharbinger19]

Oil level is unchanged

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[Alin]

Alright, interesting. Where was the smell coming from? Inside the cockpit, outside the car, under the hood, by the turbo, etc?

 

[Deathharbinger19]

It's almost as if it's getting on the exhaust it smells burnt

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[Alin]

I want to say that it could be potential turbo blow by, but wait for others to chime in and confirm. I have experienced what you're describing before and if I recall correctly, it was turbo blow by, which is unfortunately common with these turbos.