Uniroyal Rainsport 3... Burning rubber smell?

Soul_Glo · 03-01-2016, 04:36 AM

In all my years of driving... I have never smelt a burning rubber smell from a tyre... I put a full set of RS3's on last week... have covered 100 city miles... and 100 easy going motorway miles... every now and then there is a strong burning rubber smell from them... usually goes away after a minute...

Is that normal for a tyre?

Billyray911 · 03-01-2016, 04:55 AM

Strange one.The last time that I had a burning rubber smell, was when one of my springs cracked.Because it was slightly lowered,it wasn't immediately noticeable.All was ok when I went to work and parked up,but as I joined the motorway on the way home I started to smell burning on and off!
Turned out the spring had cracked and where it had dropped slightly,there was a nice ridge being worn into the tyre.That was an expensive week

I'd get the wheels off and have a good look...

tobeski · 03-01-2016, 06:40 AM

Doesn't the DPF give off a burning rubber type smell when it's regenerating...

... could be coincidental timing??

If it's they tyres you'd expect to see heat marks if they are getting that hot or rubbing somewhere.

sa12 · 03-01-2016, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Billyray911

Strange one.The last time that I had a burning rubber smell, was when one of my springs cracked.Because it was slightly lowered,it wasn't immediately noticeable.All was ok when I went to work and parked up,but as I joined the motorway on the way home I started to smell burning on and off!
Turned out the spring had cracked and where it had dropped slightly,there was a nice ridge being worn into the tyre.That was an expensive week

I'd get the wheels off and have a good look...

What ^ said. I've had this occur in the past also. Have a check of the inside face of the tyre and check for the groove. Also check that the tyre isn't just touching the wheel arch.

Soul_Glo · 03-01-2016, 12:20 PM

Thanks will get it up on the ramp on the weekend.

Reece · 03-01-2016, 03:11 PM

I had this on my 320d with runflats, as soon as i put the m359 reps with normal tyres on it stopped.

Now have a 330d with run flats and ive noticed it a few times.

Billyray911 · 03-08-2016, 01:36 PM

Any update?-just curious!

RajB · 03-09-2016, 01:37 AM

Definitely get it up in the air and check the tyres over. It does sound like one of the tyres is slightly catching somewhere. Only had this on my corrado back in the day when I fitted some new rims and hadn't realised but the one tyre was just fractionally touching the spring. That was not good as you could smell the burning rubber of the tyre being worn away slighty against the spring...

Soul_Glo · 03-09-2016, 12:02 PM

Found nothing in the air. I think it is just because they are soft tyres and don't like spirited driving. I am going to keep an eye out. We put it on a rolling road and were able to recreate the smell from the back tyres - nothing was rubbing. I guess they may not last long! Apparently it is a feature of this tyre... They ware really fast to begin with... 1.6mm in 100 miles in some cases and then stabilise...

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Billyray911 Brigadier General 197 Rep 3,500 Posts Drives: Blah Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Mind your own business...no,really. iTrader: (6)	Strange one.The last time that I had a burning rubber smell, was when one of my springs cracked.Because it was slightly lowered,it wasn't immediately noticeable.All was ok when I went to work and parked up,but as I joined the motorway on the way home I started to smell burning on and off! Turned out the spring had cracked and where it had dropped slightly,there was a nice ridge being worn into the tyre.That was an expensive week I'd get the wheels off and have a good look...
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tobeski Private 9 Rep 56 Posts Drives: BMW E93 330D M-Sport Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: UK iTrader: (0)	Doesn't the DPF give off a burning rubber type smell when it's regenerating... ... could be coincidental timing?? If it's they tyres you'd expect to see heat marks if they are getting that hot or rubbing somewhere.
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Reece Major 53 Rep 1,249 Posts Drives: e90 lci 330d Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Essex iTrader: (0)	I had this on my 320d with runflats, as soon as i put the m359 reps with normal tyres on it stopped. Now have a 330d with run flats and ive noticed it a few times. __________________ E90 lci 330d, alpine white, pro nav, adaptive xenons, heated electric leather, folding mirrors, alpine retrofit kit with L7 subs, performance grilles, 40w led angel eye bulbs
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RajB Brigadier General 448 Rep 3,312 Posts Drives: E92 335i Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Midlands iTrader: (4)	Definitely get it up in the air and check the tyres over. It does sound like one of the tyres is slightly catching somewhere. Only had this on my corrado back in the day when I fitted some new rims and hadn't realised but the one tyre was just fractionally touching the spring. That was not good as you could smell the burning rubber of the tyre being worn away slighty against the spring... __________________ E92 335i / M3 Hybrid - The Build
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Soul_Glo Major General 13347 Rep 7,484 Posts Drives: G20 Join Date: May 2013 Location: Manhattan, NYC iTrader: (1)	Found nothing in the air. I think it is just because they are soft tyres and don't like spirited driving. I am going to keep an eye out. We put it on a rolling road and were able to recreate the smell from the back tyres - nothing was rubbing. I guess they may not last long! Apparently it is a feature of this tyre... They ware really fast to begin with... 1.6mm in 100 miles in some cases and then stabilise...
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