smell of burning oil need help

[mike5176]

hey, so i have an 02 wrx i had the timing belt done a few months ago and the last few days i have been noticing a burning oil smell. any thoughts???

[mike5176]

there are no visible leaks any where on the engine

[Sinister]

did they replace the oil pump at the same time?

[mike5176]

no just timing belt and just the standard 105k mile maintenance

[Sinister]

are you losing oil? how does it run?

[mike5176]

not a noticeable amount. she is a little sluggish but i know that there is a good size boost leak that i need to fix

[powder]

My turbo oil seal began to leak around that time. Still haven't changed the turbo 90k miles later. Loses about 1 qt every 4k miles or so.

Still, it's weird that you just noticed the smell after the timing belt was changed. Maybe they loosened a bolt on the oil pump on accident?