# 2007 toyota solara would not start, smelled burning

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-toyota-solara-would-not-start-smelled-burning/44338>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** camry, toyota\
**Created:** [February 12, 2010, 6:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-toyota-solara-would-not-start-smelled-burning/44338 "2010-02-12T18:49:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![blue\_feather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5e925/32.png) [@blue\_feather](https://community.cartalk.com/u/blue_feather)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 6:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-toyota-solara-would-not-start-smelled-burning/44338/1 "2010-02-12T18:49:52Z")

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car was running fine, parked it for 30 minutes, tried to start it, it sounded like the engine was going to come out of the hood, a burning smell started. I tried it twice, same thing, Sat for about 20 more minutes and it started right up. what’s up?

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**Author:** ![hellokit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6a8cbe/32.png) [@hellokit](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hellokit)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 7:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-toyota-solara-would-not-start-smelled-burning/44338/2 "2010-02-12T19:05:22Z")

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Oil on hot exhaust. Fire hazard. Seek mechanic.