Shaney

I can smell burning oil when I come to stops. I can't smell it coming from the engine compartment or exhaust and there isn't any blue smoke either. I smell it while sitting in my car or when getting out after a drive. No leaks from engine bay that I can tell.

Where else could I be smelling burning oil from?

bgoetz

Check the oil filter and the vtec cylinoid

bgoetz

Better do it ASAP because if it is the filter you could have trouble!!

Shaney

What would that do?

Shaney

There are no leaks on the ground either. My AP1 has been using about 1 quart of oil every 1k miles. Not sure if that's normal or if this has something to do with it. I also see black soot on my bumper.

Kiwisama

Did you have an oil change recently?? It's possible that the last oil change had a little spill out. i go through about a quart in 2 months. So don't worry too much about the oil loss, if you're not seeing it on the ground. just let it burn out for a few days. If you still smell it I'd be worried.

Shaney

Thing is, the guy I got it from had a strawberry air freshener and the smell of that finally wore off. So I don't know if the smell has been there for the past two months or two weeks.

Car Analogy

Are you certain its burning oil, and not, say, raw exhaust? Soot on rear bumper sounds PO replaced CAT with a test pipe, which would mean your car is going to smell old school and 'unfiltered'.

Of course, that smell will be from the back of the car, not under the hood. But smells are difficult to trace direction.

Shaney

Problem found. It ended up being a melted plastic bag on my exhaust pipe. It really seems to have an oil smell which was throwing me off.

bgoetz

The oil filter on these cars MUST be tightened with a tool, sometimes they are not and they fall off, which typically results in a toasted engine.

Sounds like you found your issue, but keep this in mind on your next oil change.