3.0 td6 l332 burning rubber smell and smoke

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massey25

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hello all, i have a 2002 vouge range rover td6, i got into the car the other day and could smell a slight oilly smell, drove the RANGE all fine then i got a strange noise like something was catching under neath the RANGE ROVER, got out checked that tyres etc was ok all fine, pulled off and all of a sudden burning rubber smell and smoke every where from what it looked like passenger side wheel side, rac came i drove it on the truck and drove it off when home, checked air bags, pipes etc, scared to drive it now any body else had this problem?, i thought it was tourqe converter or gearbox??? but no problems with it
 
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If it's coming from the passenger side wheel arch then it's a high possibility that's it's just the diesel pre heater / fuel burning heater turning on / off

Perfectly normal for it to smell / smoke a bit when it fires up or turns off
 
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