Pitch Black

Aight.. When it comes down to this section of cars i dunno.. But After my car is ran for bout 20mins for example i'm heading home from town.. takes 20 mins when i get outta the car i smell something burnin.. (not like rubber or anything has the smell of antifreeze) & it's startin to freak me out.. Does anyone have any suggestoins.. I"m fixin to take i tto the dealer & get my oil changed & may hve this investigated.. PLease give some input.. I need to know how crutital this is!

PolkThug

After driving around long enough to smell it, stop and let your car idle for a few minutes, and see if anything drips down, below the engine area.

Martimus

Well I'm not sure I have an answer for you but I'd think that maybe you've got an issue with an engine gasket. In order for anti-freeze to burn up in the engine (without the engine overheating), I'd think there may be a leak from the cooling system into the inner workings of the engine.

Pitch Black

Aight.. I race on occasion.. but it has been bout 2 months since i had a race.. I may drive it up to 100 on the interstate in a hurry.. but I don't think i've been that hard on it.. Tomorrow before work i'm gonna go clean her & investigate a few things.. I also bottemed out this evening.. Pullin in the yard... Don't ask me how or what bottomed.. Thats what i'm gonna find out.. I try so hard to take care of my baby & all i seem to have is trouble... pisses me off..

don_w

That's your mistake!! It's not a baby, it's a muscle car... and it loves to be run hard!

dswhalen

I just bough a brand new King Ranch F150 4x4 to keep my Mustang company. I noticed a strong anti-freeze smell everytime I turned the heat up.

I am going to take it to the dealer and have them check it out. I am wondering if it is in the heater core under the dash.

I just turned 1000 miles on it. No antifreeze smell in my Vert though!

05Stang_WI

Get it checked out! If it's an external leak burning on the manifold/headers you'll be lucky - even if a head gasket is leaking. It could be a cracked head allowing antifreeze to get into the cylinder and burning (smell out the tailpipe) - that would be very bad. I'm guessing it's a gasket leak as you have been driving a while and these leaks tend to start slow and get worse fast.

Hope it's something relatively simple - but check it out ASAP.

lodom

It could be something as simple as an incorrectly installed freeze plug in the block causing the leak.

Stoenr

Or even as simple as the resivoir cap is not tight.

Boltzman

check the engine bay and see if anything looks wet or greasy

Pitch Black

Dang it... As soon as i thought i gotta way with one of the mustangs with no probs. i may have spoke to soon.. 14k on it and i start smellin antifreeze.. I'm headin to town to clean her & i guess i'm going to do some hard investigating to see if i can tell where it's coming from.. ;( The Nearest day i'll be able to take it to the dealer is friday I pray to god it will last that long!

Pitch Black

Aight i looked today while cleaning don't see anything in the engine bay that looks oily, wet.. Didn't see any puddles under the car.. so umm..

Boltzman

it may just be that new engine smell.keep an eye on your temp and oil gauges and keep checking for leaks.if nothing seen,you should be alright

dprestia

I'm not sure if you said it was the smell of anti-freeze or not. SO if it does not smell like anti-freeze than i wonder if you had your Tang undercoated? If you did than this might be the smell you are smelling. My Tang gets pretty hot after a drive and I can feel alot of heat when I park it more than any of my other cars. And it smelled when I frist got it but it was the undercoating, it goes away after a short while. Good Luck I hope you figure it out.

Galaxie

is your mustang consuming antifreeze at all? Is there white smoke coming out of the exhaust?

05YellowGT

On my last mustang , the hole that the water from the A/C drained from was over the exhaust pipe and that would smell like anti-freeze when it drained on it. Were you running the A/C before you smelled it ...

Pitch Black

Ok I've watched the Temp Guages & Oil Everything seems ok there.. Nothing is overheating... & I've run my car a lil hard so i wouldn't think that i would be gettin the new car smell with 14k Miles on it would i? & The White Smoke once it starts up i get white smoke coming out of the exhaust but that may only last a mintue... Umm.. Going to check serveral things tomorrow.. Planned on waxin.. her tomorrow in a Garage up at my friends but i maybe be doing more than that.. I roll with my windows down & my heat running pointed on me.. so basicly my Heat is always running..

lodom

If it smells like the sweet smell of antifreeze, it probably is. My '99 had a burning oil smell coming into the cabin at certain times, but the dealer never found it.

Have you looked all over and under the engine for signs of antifreeze? There are several places it can be coming from.
I'd let the dealer look for it on a lift.