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rubber burning smell, 88 Celebrity - 12/16/2007 8:32:42 PM

spinner074

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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

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RE: rubber burning smell, 88 Celebrity - 12/17/2007 4:05:43 AM

astroDZak

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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

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RE: rubber burning smell, 88 Celebrity - 12/17/2007 7:00:40 AM

spinner074

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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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