J_Copeland Posted July 29, 2011 Report Share Posted July 29, 2011 09 SXT AWD. Only on long trip we get a burning oil smell. The dealer said the right side axles seal were bad and replaced them both. I'm thinking transfer case gets hot producing this smell. Any thoughts on this. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmdswim Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 09 SXT AWD. Only on long trip we get a burning oil smell. The dealer said the right side axles seal were bad and replaced them both. I'm thinking transfer case gets hot producing this smell. Any thoughts on this. Thanks I have a 09 SXT AWD too and I was driving down the highway and started smelling a strange smell as well. When I stopped and popped open the hood white smoke came out. I continued to try and had no loss of power and the air and heat still worked but the smell was still there. I just took it to Dodge and they cant find an issue. Any thoughts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve75 Posted January 4, 2020 Report Share Posted January 4, 2020 I have a new 2019 Journey 3.6L AWD. It just hit 3k miles. I notice a burning oil smell after driving up and down hills. When going up steep hills, I watched the oil pressure gauge and at about 4k RPM, the gauge maxes out. Not sure if this is normal or not, and not sure if the smell is part of the "break in". Any thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2late4u Posted January 4, 2020 Report Share Posted January 4, 2020 hard to tell from here, swing by your dealership to be sure ,on the oil pressure gage i have never bothered to look at how high it goes at 4k rpm,ask the dealership for a reliable answer...good luck and have a safe New Year....welcome to the group Steve75 and jkeaton 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larryl Posted January 5, 2020 Report Share Posted January 5, 2020 Maybe your oil filter housing is cracked and leaking...common problem when the housing is over torqued oil could be burning off jkeaton 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve75 Posted January 5, 2020 Report Share Posted January 5, 2020 Yeah, everything looks fine. No cracks/leaks I can see. Level is fine. Will take it by the dealer and have them check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Official Dodge Support DodgeCares Posted January 6, 2020 Official Dodge Support Report Share Posted January 6, 2020 17 hours ago, Steve75 said: Yeah, everything looks fine. No cracks/leaks I can see. Level is fine. Will take it by the dealer and have them check it out. Hi Steve75, Glad to hear you are going to be working with your dealer for this concern. If we can be of any additional assistance as you are working with your dealer, feel free to send us a private message. We'd be more than happy to help. Rob DodgeCares jkeaton 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve75 Posted January 10, 2020 Report Share Posted January 10, 2020 Got it fixed. The oil filler neck was "loose" from the factory. Apparently it just kinda "pops in". Easy fix, thankfully. larryl, 2late4u, jkeaton and 2 others 1 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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