# 2014 Ford F150 burnt oil smell

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-ford-f150-burnt-oil-smell/131386>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** ford, f150\
**Created:** [December 25, 2018, 3:53am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-ford-f150-burnt-oil-smell/131386 "2018-12-25T03:53:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Tim02](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Tim02](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tim02)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2018, 3:53am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-ford-f150-burnt-oil-smell/131386/1 "2018-12-25T03:53:03Z")

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I’d taken my truck to one of those quick change oil places, turns out they overfilled the oil, I realize this after I was smelling burnt oil, I pulled the dip stick to see if the oil was burnt, it wasn’t but there was too much. Anyhow I took it back and they drained it, filled it to proper level. I still get that burnt smell on occasion, the oil is fine. The truck has 90K miles, there is no real pattern when I smell it mostly when I make a quick stop. Could it be there is some extra oil in the engine that finds its way into a cylinder?

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**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2018, 4:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-ford-f150-burnt-oil-smell/131386/2 "2018-12-25T04:21:57Z")

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I would think it more likely that got some oil on part of the exhaust system.  
Any oil in a cylinder would be expelled out the exhaust and you would not smell it.