Originally Posted by 986Jim

I have a 02 A4 1.8T Manual Quattro with 85km. Sometimes I get this burning smell inside the car and I can't seem to pinpoint it.

Today i drove to work it was -10 outside and after my 20min drive when I stopped in the parking lot I could smell this burning smell. Not the smell when electronics fry thank god, but more like burning oil or plastic burning or something like that. Almost as though the exhaust (or something hot) is touching something else causing that smell to get sucked into the passanger compartment with the heater fan.

I also get that smell once in a while at other times. It doesn't seem to do it so much when it's warmer out, maybe only because the fan and heat is not running so much, who knows.

Anybody else experience this and find a solution? I did a search but didn't really come up with anything maybe because I dont know what to search for. I did "burning smell" but nothing was found.

Regards,