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Subject:diagnosing by smell - maybe brake problem?
From:Joy Hecht
Date:Sun, 10 Aug 2008 18:41:25 -0230

Hi all,

Matilda is giving off a smell that makes me nervous - like the way it smells
if you forget to take your parking brake off and drive with it on.  Is that
burning brake pads?  Overheated brake fluid?  Burning something else?  I've
noticed it on and off for a month or so.  The brakes work fine, the brake
fluid level is fine, no other symptoms.  Oh, and no, I'm not driving with
the parking brake on.

Anyone know what this might be?  Should I panic?

Joy
on behalf of Matilda, who can't type very well

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