My GTI Stinks! - should I be worried?

[pauliem]

Drove the GTI pretty hard for the first time tonight, about 15 minutes of high revs (and what fun it was).

But when I got out I noticed the car had a very strong smell of burning oil, is this normal for a new car (don't remember my Scirocco doing the same) or has someone forgotten to tighten something up and I am leaking oil somewhere?

[Bill_the_Bear]

Yikes!  How many miles have you done in total? Did you warm up the engine first?

[pauliem]

I let the oil warm up - I've done about 100 miles.

[GTI-7-Performance]

Was the smell oil or rubber?

If actually rubber, it's been a long-term feature of previous Golfs after a thrash. In my case 20 minutes driving up a steep mountain pass was guaranteed to get the rubber bands that hold the exhaust on stinking. This with Golf 4 and the current Polo...

[Sootchucker]

I should think it's pretty normal. First real time all the exhaust parts got really hot (exhaust manifold, cat, turbo etc.). It's probably just the "newness" burning off these parts.

I know mine is a GTD, but when I got it a few weeks ago, it did a DPF regen very soon afterwards whilst I was stopped at a motorway junction exit. Smelled really awful like something was really burning. After a few days the smell stopped and has never returned.

[matchboy]

I'm pretty sure I've had this too, after I've given it a good run out.  I put it down to the tyres burning a little/new engine stuff.  Sorry, that's not very technical or helpful! 

[GTI7me]

Yeah it's normal the first few times. Don't worry 

J

[Sootchucker]

I put it down to the tyres burning a little/new engine stuff.  Sorry, that's not very technical or helpful! 

You sure your not a VW tech in disguise Matchboy, you seem to have all the technical terms 

[GTI7me]

I put it down to the tyres burning a little/new engine stuff.  Sorry, that's not very technical or helpful! 

You sure your not a VW tech in disguise Matchboy, you seem to have all the technical terms 

Aren't all of us on this forum VW Tech Guru's?! 

[matchboy]

I put it down to the tyres burning a little/new engine stuff.  Sorry, that's not very technical or helpful! 

You sure your not a VW tech in disguise Matchboy, you seem to have all the technical terms 

Aren't all of us on this forum VW Tech Guru's?!