New car and smell

wizzywig27

Hi all, bought a brand new VW Polo today (well I picked it up), popped to the shops tonight, got home and there was a strong burning engine smell, so walked back over to the car and the smell was definitely coming from that.

Probably just being a bit paranoid after spending so much money, but is this normal? I.e any excess oil being burnt off perhaps, or maybe just getting 'worn in'?

Thanks all

Strider590

Not a lot we can say, you need to figure out where it's coming from.

But check the levels etc before starting it again.....

wizzywig27

Done that, all looks ok....

Googled it and there are a few similar questions asked, but none recently.

marlot

Could well be the paint burning off the exhaust.

Give it a week or 1000 miles

wizzywig27

marlot wrote: »

Could well be the paint burning off the exhaust.

Give it a week or 1000 miles

Smell definitely came from under the bonnet, when I lifter the it up it was really hot (as you would expect) and still smelling

This is a brand new car with 50 miles on the clock

marlot

Sounds normal.

I've just had my 4x4 dinitrolled. I'm expecting it to be smelly for a couple of weeks.

wizzywig27

marlot wrote: »

Sounds normal.

I've just had my 4x4 dinitrolled. I'm expecting it to be smelly for a couple of weeks.

Thank you, I'll persist and see if it goes after a few hundred miles