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Dsmith408

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New to the forums, have a pretty straight forward question and concern.

Car has almost 60k Miles. Maintained very well. Every once in a while when I hit a good pull, I get a brief burning smell. Lasts about 10 seconds. Doesn't smell like the clutch, no oil on the Cat.. Any one else experience this?

Thanks everyone -
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Most likely your cats. Ford has a "cat over temp" logic in the tuning that adds a little more fuel during high loads. This helps the cats from overheating. Also. if you don't run an oil separator, your intake manifold may be ingesting some pooled up oil/vapor from the valve covers. Highly recommend running one if you don't have one already.

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New to the forums, have a pretty straight forward question and concern.

Car has almost 60k Miles. Maintained very well. Every once in a while when I hit a good pull, I get a brief burning smell. Lasts about 10 seconds. Doesn't smell like the clutch, no oil on the Cat.. Any one else experience this?

Thanks everyone -
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Most likely your cats. Ford has a "cat over temp" logic in the tuning that adds a little more fuel during high loads. This helps the cats from overheating. Also. if you don't run an oil separator, your intake manifold may be ingesting some pooled up oil/vapor from the valve covers. Highly recommend running one if you don't have one already.

Welcome to the board!!!:cheers:
No kiddin? Didn't know this. Thanks for the info man. My biggest concern was Emissions getting in the cabin, or engine failure closing in soon.
 

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Happens to me as well, cats for sure
 

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My 2016 GT does the same occasionally.
 

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New to the forums, have a pretty straight forward question and concern.

Car has almost 60k Miles. Maintained very well. Every once in a while when I hit a good pull, I get a brief burning smell. Lasts about 10 seconds. Doesn't smell like the clutch, no oil on the Cat.. Any one else experience this?

Thanks everyone -
It's the Catalytic converters. I'll notice the smell after hard pulls on occasion.
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