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    Default Car smells like oil after long trips

    When i drive to the coast or long distance, inside the car smells like oil burning. My car has no oil leaks or anything but it doesn have a powersteering leak. could it be the powersteering fluid dripping on the exhaust or somethin or doesnt it smell the same when it burns?
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    it may be driping down to bottom then finding its way to ur headers an burning?

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    Is it an automatic?

    Could be your transmission getting hot or even your power steering fluid burning its bum off?
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    well the doesnt go through much oil and cant see any oil leaks so do u no if powersteering fluid smells like oil when it burns? im always having to fill up the powersteering fluid. i also dont no where that leak is. when it gets abit low it starts making winding noises. does anyone no anything about powersteering leaks?

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    yeah mine was a high pressur hose from the powersteering i found out about it when all this white smoke came pissing outta my bonnet while i was parking my car ( lots of hard turning) it was squirting right onto my headers and burning up

    turn your car on and get someone to turn your steering wheel full lock keep them doing that (turning left then right) then look and the hoses commingfrom you powersteering resuvoiur and see if any fluid is squirting out thats how we found mine

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