Test Drove 06 Civic Hybrid - odd engine smell?
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Re: Test Drove 06 Civic Hybrid - odd engine smell?
As a 25-year veteran of the wholesale automotive industry, I can assure you that these burning odors are quite normal on new vehicles. The oils and coatings usually burn off within 1,000 miles. Nothing to worry about.
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Re: Test Drove 06 Civic Hybrid - odd engine smell?
Originally Posted by Katz6768
I apologize for getting off topic, but this is what I see when I read this posting about the new Civic's odor:
https://www.greenhybrid.com/share/fi.../4/7/page1.JPG
Can the administrators of this group be more selective about what gets advertised ?
https://www.greenhybrid.com/share/fi.../4/7/page1.JPG
Can the administrators of this group be more selective about what gets advertised ?
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Re: Test Drove 06 Civic Hybrid - odd engine smell?
After we test drove the car we ultimately bought yesterday, I smelled the same thing.
It actually smells like Brakes more than anything else. That could be from the regenerative braking system breaking in. (Nice homonym use in that last statement!)
Otherwise it would make sense that the various metal in the car is losing its from-fractory coatings (Exhaust, Brakes, Cat Conv., etc.).
My 2 cents...
It actually smells like Brakes more than anything else. That could be from the regenerative braking system breaking in. (Nice homonym use in that last statement!)
Otherwise it would make sense that the various metal in the car is losing its from-fractory coatings (Exhaust, Brakes, Cat Conv., etc.).
My 2 cents...
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Re: Test Drove 06 Civic Hybrid - odd engine smell?
Originally Posted by mickster
It actually smells like Brakes more than anything else. That could be from the regenerative braking system breaking in. (Nice homonym use in that last statement!)
My HCH-II has just turned 3000 miles and I smell a kerosene type odor now and then too, I attribute it to exhaust and catalytic equipment break-in.
I don't think it's anything to be concerned about...
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Re: Test Drove 06 Civic Hybrid - odd engine smell?
Originally Posted by TreeHugr
The physical brakes are not used at all to capture kinetic energy, Honda's IMA regenerative breaking system uses the electric motor in generator mode (http://world.honda.com/HDTV/IMA/200110/).
I was not aware of that fact. So on deceleration, the IMA grabs the juice from the electric motor-pretty cool-and a heck of a lot easier to service!
Thanks,
Michael
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