Q: Belt has a type of sqeak noise past or on 4,000 rpm and a strong gas smell coming in the cabin through the vents.
everytime i try to accelerate fast i get i weird sqeak noise once it passes 4000 rpm then the cabin smell anytime i turn on the heat or air i get a bad oil buring smell and other bad engine smells cant keep it on
My car has 139565 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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