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Rubber Smell (not burning) in Cab

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#1 ·
Here is my problem which usually only occurred while I was towing. I get this rubber smell (think new bicycle tube out of the box) in the cab of the truck when I am hard on the gas mostly hills. It is not a burning smell, but just a new bicycle tire smell. It goes away when I get off the gas. It happened this past weekend when I wasn't towing, but in some steep grades for extended periods of time. Any thoughts? I did replace the EGR valve a few months ago, but nothing recent.
 
#2 ·
I had the same thing happening in my truck. Even when my windows were up and just cruising i got that smell. I havent noticed it anymore but it was a weird inner tube smell. Any body think they can shine some light on this situation?
 
#3 ·
I was just comming back from a trip with the trailer and my wife noticed the same thing. I got out of the truck and took a closer sniff to see if I could pin it down, but came up empty handed. I even popped the hood, still nothing. We haven't smelt it since. I thought it might have been the trailer breaks some how but there's no way we could have smelt that going down the highway.
 
#6 ·
This is exactly what mine was doing the last time my EGR cooler went out. You should have your cooling system pressure tested to ensure that isn't the problem.
 
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