| 10-12-2015, 12:46 AM | #1 |
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Burning Smell coming from the X5
Just received shipment of my '16 35i M-Sport and every time I drive the car and exit I smell a strong burning smell. Should I be concerned? Has about 19 miles on it so far.
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| 10-12-2015, 01:27 AM | #3 |
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A light 'heated wax/light oil' smell yes. A very strong buring rubber smell no. A week after we picked up our nex X5, we had a strong rubber smell, I tracked it down to a rubber ring that had fallen down between the raditor and fan housing. 10 goes with a long plastic stick and blue tack on the end removed it. It came from under the plastic motor cover!!!!!
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| 10-12-2015, 02:00 AM | #4 |
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Rubber smell? That's interesting. Mine is starting to smell like burnt oil (think old car exhaust) but oil level is normal. Not an overwhelming amount but starting to smell a bit.
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| 10-12-2015, 02:13 AM | #5 |
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When I first picked up the car there was a smell coming from the glass panoramic sunroof. A few of us figured out that it was the grease they use for the tracks. It goes away after a while.
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| 10-12-2015, 09:25 PM | #6 |
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It is called "cosmoline". The smell was very strong on my first F15. On the second one, not as bad. Usually burns off within 1-2k miles.
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| 10-13-2015, 08:45 AM | #7 | |
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I still smell this from time to time.
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| 10-13-2015, 09:46 AM | #8 |
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Being that you only have 19 miles on it so far, I'd give everything a chance to "burn off." If the smell still exists after 1,000 miles, I'd be more concerned.
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| 10-13-2015, 04:18 PM | #9 |
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Follow up to my prior post...
BMW forced me to tow it in, not drive (or no warranty), after I called it in with the burning smell. Dealer determined as above. http://f15.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho....php?t=1018488 |
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