Quick question as I don't want to raise the alarm on it just yet. When I first got home with my Mustang, I noticed a bit of burned oil smell when I got home. Wasn't too concerned about it as a bit of fluid gets spilled or whatever during PDI or even manufacturing. I didn't get much chance to drive this weekend thanks to the weather, so I'm only up to 70km (45 mi) on the clock, but I still get the smell when I shut it off. I also noticed yesterday when I pulled off the H-pipe to install the Boss H that there was a fairly strong whiff of oil in the pipes. Should I be concerned?

There's no drips on my garage floor and when I pop the hood I don't see any puffs of smoke. I don't see anything under the hood but I don't know the common places to look yet on these engines, aside from fluid fill caps. I probably don't even have the mileage yet to burn off anything that might have spilled and it was much less after a short 30 minute drive yesterday than after I got it home on Saturday.

 

IMO i don't think its anything to be concerned about but if its really worrying you, take it in before you do anymore mods to it and void the warranty.

 

Brand new it's gonna have some odor as it breaks in. Have you checked the oil level on the dipstick?

 

It is the cosmoline they put on parts of the car for rust prevention while it is sitting on the dealers lot. It will burn off completely within a few thousand miles. Mine had it really bad when I first got it.

 

Same here. Smelly for a bit.

 

Oil level is good, no drips or anything, and I'm done the mechanical mods. I'll give it a bit. Just went for a ride on my lunch break and I had to get down on my knees to smell it so no longer concerned at all. Thanks for the input guys.

 

You need to drive the car hard to burn out and off all the coatings from the factory.

 

I had a similar smell, it lasted for a couple days and then was gone.

 

I was sitting in traffic on the way home today, windows open, no wind. Couldn't smell it at all. Only smelled it after I got home, closed the garage and went inside. Brought some stuff back out to the garage 5 minutes later and could smell it then. 95% sure it's nothing to worry about, like you guys said, coatings/etc burning off.

 

Anything like this?



https://themustangsource.com/f767/oo...-smell-498112/

 

Glad to hear you're not experiencing the smell anymore, lakeguy77. Feel free to reach out should this concern return; I'll be happy to assist.

Brittany

 

When a new car is built there are all kinds of oil on the metal parts, Plastic parts ETC. It is part of the manufacturing process. For the first couple hundred miles all the surface oil if you will is burned off. hence the burning smells.

I just had new mufflers installed and I have the burning smell again. I think you are Good..