Anybody else notice the smell of carbon after accelerating hard in their i4/CVT? I've noticed that if I use Sport Mode and get the revs up past 5k, I notice a carbon smell for just a brief moment. Is this normal?
Carbon smell after hard acceleration?
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Anybody else notice the smell of carbon after accelerating hard in their i4/CVT? I've noticed that if I use Sport Mode and get the revs up past 5k, I notice a carbon smell for just a brief moment. Is this normal?
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It's VTEC venting some angry fumes.
I, and many others on this board, have experienced the stink after hard acceleration. It's a characteristic of the Accord and many other vehicles.
Be careful with the accelerator though, you may run out of that VTEC fuel. You'll only know when the angry fumes stop.
Be careful with the accelerator though, you may run out of that VTEC fuel. You'll only know when the angry fumes stop.
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I have a sulfur smell in my V6 (sometimes) after hard acceleration onto the interstate. It has to due with a rich fuel mixture being burnt off by the catalytic converter (to my understanding). You sure it's a carbon smell?
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What does carbon smell like?
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Kind of like burnt toast
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Sometimes carbon smell equates to burnt resistor smell.
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I didn't have a carbon smell after accelerating with my foot to the floor, but I did have the rotten egg smell bad. I looked it up and all the experts were in agreement that it was the catalytic converter and that it would eventually stop doing that. At about 20K miles I stopped noticing the smell after hard acceleration. I guess they were right.
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I can smell the same thing on my 2012 hfp 6 spd, I guess its pretty normal by the look af things ?
Yes, that's what I meant. I do know the difference, but for some reason the word sulphur escaped me and I guess my brain thought carbon was the closest thing LOL.
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Yep, I get that smell once and awhile after some spirited driving.
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It's normal. The worst cars I've noticed it on are definitely Toyota's.
When I leave my office I have to climb a fairly steep on-ramp to the highway. I notice the smell when other cars gun it, but if it's a Lexus or Toyota in front of me... it's tenfold. Yuck.
Your car is normal, minus the low VTEC fluid
When I leave my office I have to climb a fairly steep on-ramp to the highway. I notice the smell when other cars gun it, but if it's a Lexus or Toyota in front of me... it's tenfold. Yuck.
Your car is normal, minus the low VTEC fluid
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