Haydn
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We tow both a Jeep Liberty and a Honda CRV. We get the smell with both of these vehicles. We are getting them inspected to determine what causes this smell. We will let you know what we find out.
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dabusses
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[quote]We took our first trip pulling the toad this weekend. When we got there, the inside of the toad has this burnt smell to it. The smell was there before starting up the toad.
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Some replies are obviously missing your statement"the smell was there BEFORE starting up the toad". I agree with checking the dipstick on the transmission. Sounds to me like you are cooking your tranny.
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RoadReady1
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One quick comment about the BB pressure. The BB is designed to apply the brakes in a breakaway...right? The pressure on the brakes at a reduced pressure will only slow the car down if it comes unhooked. SMI and maybe some others have designed a breakaway that applies full pressure but it never SLAMS the brakes on. The use of vacuum creates a gentle brake action VS the "SLAM" quoted here.
Now to your comment. The 02 and 03 Durango's had this same smell. It normally lasted about a day. I never pinned it down. The 02 was towed for over 60K and never produced a tranny issue. I tow a RAM 1500 now and have noticed on long pulls (up to 1000 miles) with only diesel stops it smells just a little. There were lots of comments about this about a year ago and as far as I know, nothing resolved.
Check with you dealer to be sure .... especially before you tell them you plan to put a brake in...it will not matter who's it is..the dealer will blame anything they can.
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jtfcons
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When first beggining to tow, I had a similar experience with 98 Tracker, manual transmission, 4X4. I found the mistake I was making was to run tranmission in neutral and transfer case in neutral. You must run transmission in 2nd, transfer case in neutral to provide resistance to output shaft rotating in the transmission without lubrication. Made the adjustment, smell went away. Lots has been written about the this second gear vs neutral issue. Goes against common sense but when you understand what's happening in the gear train when the engine isn't running it makes more sense. Good luck.
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hohenwald48
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The best explantion I have heard is that the burnt (rubber) smell is due to an accumulation of road particles (mostly asphalt and rubber from tires) on the engine and exhaust of the toad. When started and warmed up, this accumulation burns off causing the smell.
You don't experience it when driving the car since the road particles burn off as they touch the engine and exhaust and do not accumulate all day as they do on a toad.
I have a Jeep Wrangler and have had this smell for the 4 years I've been towing it. Some cars don't have it because of different configurations causing different accumulations and air flow patterns.
Now that's not to say you aren't doing something wrong in your towing configuration. So the burnt smell could be indicative of a problem but ... maybe not.
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jzkbbi
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"You must run transmission in 2nd, transfer case in neutral "
I will give that a try. Thanks!
Also, the car is a manual, and I am not finding a transmission fluid dipstick like an automatic transmission car has.
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hohenwald48
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Although you can get some good information on this site, I suggest you read your owners manual and tow the way the manufacturer of your particular vehicle says. Sometimes, towing instructions vary from year to year and could even vary during the year if they change tranmissions or something. I'm not sure I would follow the advice given here unless you are sure you are talking about idnetical vehicles. If you don't have an owners manual you can get them from the manufacturer, some auto parts stores, the dealer and some can be forund online. Just my opinion.
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nakatack
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I get a burnt rubber smell also in manual toyota after 3-6 hours of towing 4 down, I thought it was tire rubbing on something. I read somewhere on here that the toad takes a bigger turn radious then the coach so the tires may rub, but i never could fine any tire wear. So to hear that it is from road blow by may sound good to me. The smell only lasts a few trips after towing and then goes away.
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