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Burning smell and oil puddle from left rear wheel well.
Hello, how are you? My name is Thomas I'd like some advice. We just got my wife's 2005 XK8 from the upholstery shop with a brand new soft top. She's not very tall and needs to have the seat all the way forward, so I imagine the upholstery shop employees engaged the rusty parking break while looking for the seat buttons. When we got home she mentioned a burning smell in the cabin while idling at stop lights and we sniffed around the car. The smell was strongest at the rear driver side wheel well. We also noticed oil dripping from that area. I will attach some images to help explain, please excuse the bad angles as I'm not very good with the camera.
The pictures were taken a couple hours after arriving home and discovering the leak. Even hours later the smell was still present, only it was a lot more subtle and strongest near the break pad and rotor. The oil has a nearly undetectable scent, but I haven't burned it yet to see if it smells the same. Do you guys think the smell is coming from the break pad or the oil? I've never smelled break pads before, nor do I know how the parking brake works and without any basis I assume that part of it didn't fully disengage. Would you guide me through some quick troubleshooting steps? The biggest mystery to me and the reason I'm seeking your advice is to determine the source of the oil. I just can not understand where it is coming from, those parts of the wheel well appear solid, but it was enough to puddle on the floor. I looked in the trunk, but I can't access the front portion of the rear wheel well from there.
We got the car a few months ago with 15,000 miles on it. Since then I've been browsing this forum for various repairs and haven't had the need to make a new thread as everything I needed to know had already been discussed. I did find various threads on burning rubber, gas, and oil smells, I was unable to find leaking oil from the rear wheel well. That doesn't mean that it doesn't exist here, I very well could have overlooked it. In any case, thank you in advance and may you have a wonderful day!
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The most likely source of fluid around that area is from the differential. You are going to have to get under the vehicle to see exactly where it's coming from.
If the handbrake is binding it will generate a lot of heat and probably smoke. No reason for any fluid to be produced from that unless it melts the hub bearing grease.
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Most unfortunately for you with the new car. It can be confirmed about the hydraulic lines by removing the bottom of the back seat. Two 10 MM nuts and it lifts right up. Look in the corner of the fluid and you will see some in the floor board. It's not like it can't be fixed, just a little expensive and need to do all the lines if they haven't been replaced.
Sometimes folks replace the lines and not the cylinders, so that is a easy fix.
As for the smell, they pulled the hand brake is my bet. See if that wheel will turn.
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Wish I had a coupe, Graham, already replaced the latch hoses when I bought my 06. If the cylinders are leaking, they can be rebuilt by Top Hydraulics, also supplier of hoses. This is not a difficult DIY, but time consuming.
Just make sure you have enough parts storage space on both sides of the car for all the parts that must come off when replacing the hydraulic hoses and rams. Make detailed notes, and keep your parts well organized so they can more easily go back on the same way they came off....
Just make sure you have enough parts storage space on both sides of the car for all the parts that must come off when replacing the hydraulic hoses and rams. Make detailed notes, and keep your parts well organized so they can more easily go back on the same way they came off....
Ditto, I agree with the chance its the hydraulic top rams leaking. I would expect the canvas top installers need to operate the top multiple times to adjust the material and function of the roof. My top rams leaked as well. Same location for discharge. Removal of the rear seat to view floor underneath will prove. Good news I doubt that area will ever rust. " I removed the two rams as well as windshield header latch. Sent them to Top Hydraulics" in Oregon to replace the seals with Teflon seals. Overhauled the windshield latch as well as supplied new Kevlar lines. Very please with the outcome. My guess would be oil splash back onto the brake rotor as well as was commented causing burning smell. You can just keep adding fluid to the reservoir however it will continue to make a mess. In addition, damage to the rams could occur which will get more expensive. Good luck Rich
12-07-2018, 06:32 AM
Burning smell and oil puddle from left rear wheel well.
