98 audi smokes when it get hot. It smells like burning oil. Does anyone have any idea of what this could be?

Are you losing coolant?

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smoke or steam.?
smoke lingers long, steam goes away fast
steam smells like antifreeze, sweet and nasty
smoke smells like, well, oil burning,

take eng. dip stick drip one drop of oil on a hot manifold
smell smoke, now.

It is normal for the fan to run for a short while (few minutes) after turning off the car to allow the heat in the radiator to dissipate. The time may be dependent on the coolant temperature or it could just be a fixed time (i.e. so many minutes). The burning smell could be a loose belt, but I suspect the radiator fan is electrical and not belt-driven. I think the burning smell could be oil from a leaking gasket. The oil drips onto the hot engine and voila... burnt oil. Not sure what you mean by new (new to you or 2013-14 model), but new cars should not have any leaking fluids. A stuck break caliper could aslo produce a burning smell.

no year, ?

try a new spark plug e and then if wires to spark plug , replace that too. and cap and rotor if it has that....?????



then when spark is good, check compression with any $20 gauge.

no year, i give up.

1976 accord? surely ive no clue.



smoke has 3 colors, (my rules not ASE)

1 black fuel (flooding etc) can seem gray but is black .

2: white and lingers., oil burning , bad. news.

3: white and fades fast, is STEAM, like moms tea pot, look next time..

smell white smoke, smells sweet, its toxic antifreeze.

smells like oil dripped on an hot exhaust? that is the smell of oil burning



smoke where, under front of car, or at the end of the tail pipe. ?????????????



how you like my smoke rules, even mom can figure it out.

Check your rocker cover gaskets for any signs of oil leaks. Oil leaking from your engine can contact the exhaust headers, or other hot parts of the engine and can burn, resulting in smoking and a burning smell.

this could just be oil leaking out off value cover and burning off exhaust can u smell the smoke? does it smell like antifreeze ?? if smells like antifreeze more than likely have a coolant leak if has little smell or burning oil smell probably an oil leak

If its blue smoke then your valve stem seals are worn and that is allowing oil to enter the cylinders and burning with the gas.

have you checked your converter on the exhaust

Either valve stem seals are leaking or the turbo oil seal is leaking.

ck to see if valve cover gasket is seeping oil onto hot exhaust manifold, making smoke and a pretty good odor