So for the past 2 days whenever I parked my Element after driving it I would smell the distinct smell of burning plastic. So I popped my hood and checked my amp power cables, my PA loud speaker, etc. and found no splatter marks, nothing leaking, and no signs of any smoke or anything burning. I DID notice that my coolant reserve tank was empty though...hmmm...so I refilled it thinking that was the problem.
I got to school today and there was the smell again. GRRRRRR! I popped the radiator cap after class thinking I might have a coolant leak, but it was full. I got home and when I was getting some stuff out of the back of my element the smell was really strong! I smelled my exhaust pipe and it smelled normal, but I did happen to luck underneath at my muffle and found the problem. Apparently a bag had got caught under my E and hooked onto my muffler. When I drove my E the muffler heated up and melted the bag to the muffler causing the plastic to burn. Ugghhh! I was able to chizzle off quite a bit of the plastic, but not all of it.
Should I just wait for the rest of it to burn off? It is covering pretty much the entire underside of the muffler.
I got to school today and there was the smell again. GRRRRRR! I popped the radiator cap after class thinking I might have a coolant leak, but it was full. I got home and when I was getting some stuff out of the back of my element the smell was really strong! I smelled my exhaust pipe and it smelled normal, but I did happen to luck underneath at my muffle and found the problem. Apparently a bag had got caught under my E and hooked onto my muffler. When I drove my E the muffler heated up and melted the bag to the muffler causing the plastic to burn. Ugghhh! I was able to chizzle off quite a bit of the plastic, but not all of it.
Should I just wait for the rest of it to burn off? It is covering pretty much the entire underside of the muffler.
