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Old Mar 2, 2013 | 04:54 PM
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reaking 390 engine smell!

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I am phil I am trying to figure out this raw sweet burning scent coming from my vehicle mainly when running I am aware that my tranny is leaking
Onto my exhaust headers my truck is very run down body wise but its a rebuilt engine but it also reaks as if it was something else. My system seems to be a fluzy though soft but hot hoses. Brown in the radiator wentr from green to brown idk my temp is accurate though
 
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Old Mar 2, 2013 | 05:16 PM
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Flush the rad out and see cant help much unless you can send us all scratch and sniff like out of a magazine
 
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Old Mar 2, 2013 | 08:40 PM
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brown in the radiator would be oil- likely meaning that you're also getting coolant somewhere its not supposed to be...like burning in a cylinder, producing a sweet smell.
 
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Old Mar 3, 2013 | 09:43 AM
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sounds like head gasket , brown in radiator and that funny smell out exhaust
 
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Old Mar 3, 2013 | 10:10 AM
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sounds like head gasket , brown in radiator and that funny smell out exhaust
mmmmnm....
 
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Old Mar 4, 2013 | 09:10 AM
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since you have the funny smell
easy way to check , replace your spark plugs , make note of what came out of where . the one that's the problem ,( or more than one )will be different most likely caked with a weird color stuff .
 
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Old Mar 7, 2013 | 08:09 AM
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Originally Posted by MIKES 68 F100
sounds like head gasket , brown in radiator and that funny smell out exhaust
I 2nd this thought. Sweet smell in my experience is usually anti freeze related.
 
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