Hello everyone,
My girlfriend has a VR V6 commodore. After driving for about 10 minutes there is quite a strong burning smell comming from the engine bay area.
I had a quick look under the hood and there was quite a bit of oil on the exhaust manifolds. There was a heap of oil around the rocker cover gaskets. Also a heap of oil all over the crank case and gearbox (But what car doesnt have oil all over these areas). The power steering fluid was also really low.
Anyway, I know of the seals on the power steering pump being an issue. I thought I'd replace the rocker cover gaskets first and see how she went. Surprise surprise the smell didnt dissapear.
I now plan to replace the power steering pump seals....maybe order a kit from holden like the previous posts indicates.
I was just wondering whether anyone would know of any other issues that may be causing the smell. Sorry to ask a dump questions fellas, but Im under pressure from the girlfriends father.
Peace out
Sam