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Yes i have honda accord 2004 with the same problen it was a cracked manifold .honda put a new one on for free,for cars under 7 years old.and under 125000 miles.extended waerrayny.i hope this will help you
Maybe you need new spark plugs or you have a leak in your fuel rail.I would get it checked out by a good mechanic because if you smell gas you run the risk of a fire.
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Can you tell if the smell is coming more from the outside(under the hood), or the inside? I can only guess from the info so far. If the smell is from under the hood turn the heater on recirculate and you won't smell air from outside the car. Not sure where you are from, but here in New England it is time for mice inside the heater boxes.
I had the same problem with my 2005 Honda Accord. I would happen only sometime but is a distant odor I smell from inside the cabin. Older Hondas sometimes have gasket problems that leak small amounts of oil onto the exhaust manifold. Ask the mechanic to go check the valve cover gaskets. They replaced a new gasket to my car at the Honda dealer and I haven't smelled that burning odor since then. Good luck.
Check your wiring harness you may have a short somewhere also check to see if something got trapped between your floorboards and your catalytic converter
When the heater is turned on, it is drawing in air from the cowl at the bottom of the windshield outside the car. If your smelling gas when you turn it on, it would suggest to me that there may be a fuel leak under the hood. A lot of Honda's have the fuel filter under the hood against the firewall. Open the hood, and see if the gas smell is any stronger, or any gas smell at all for that matter. I would strongly recommend getting the car checked as soon as possible, if you can find the source of the smell yourself.
a rubber smell?? the best thing you can do is diagnose it properly by blocking it up high enough of the ground and let it smoke then slide yourself under there and see where it originates ... check for witness drip marks on the exhaust first??
20 year old car with 160,000 miles on the odometer and it is smoking from under the hood. Walk away from this car. The smoke could be just leaking valve covers and the gas smell could be nothing more than a gas leak. But it could be something far more expensive to repair. My advice is to walk away and find a good car with no problems. They are out there, so why take a chance on what could be a money pit,
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