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spinner074
12/16/2007 8:32:42 PM
I noticed a rubber burning smell only when the heat is on and it only smells under the hood and not coming inside the vents in the car, anybody know why I smell that? The car is a 1988 Chevrolet Celebrity 2.8V6 w/AC. it doesn't get to a burning ( as in seeing any smoke ) situation and it was like this last winter and I didn't smell it all summer, Any ides would help, thanks in advance.......John
astroDZak
12/17/2007 4:05:43 AM
The A/C pump will run during the time you have defrosters going so I am wondering if there may be a problem there.
Might be belt slippage caused by a lose belt or a compressor going bad.
Easiest way to determine if this is the problem would be to unplug the electrical connection from the compressor
 
spinner074
12/17/2007 7:00:40 AM
thanks for the reply I'll try that, but  when heat is on compressor is not engaed?, only when defroster on, not sure if I had the defroster on when I smelled it, any other ideas if its not compressor,? would belt dressing help? My car has a spring loaded tension terpintine belt system.
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