Honda civic, melting plastic smell

elvis99

Hi guys,

I drive a 99 1.4i civic. I recently started to notice a smell of melting plastic, ive had a look at the wires, etc under the bonnet and haven't noticed any melted or burned wires.

I started noticing it after a long drive. There is no engine lights coming on or power loss in anything. Has anyone had any similar problems?

Thanks in advance for replies.

Did you get it valeted recently ?

ep71

quite possibly a plastic bag stuck to the exhaust, happens regularly

jayok

Make sure none of the plastic body panelling is touching off a moving part. Typically you will see this along the mud-guards inside the wheels. More common is the front where high kerbs have dislodged these and at high-speed they get forced onto the wheel.

Or as ep1 said, you could have a plastic bag stuck somewhere.

elvis99

Cheers for the advice guys, had a good look around the exhaust system and mud guards but all seems normal. The rubber pipes connecting to the radiator seemed twisted over themselves, air in the system i think, may have been the smell. sorted it out and haven't got the smell since.