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Endaf
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Thought the car was on fire!!
« on: Aug 11th, 2005, 12:25pm » |
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Driving to work today happy as always when suddenly huge amounts of white smoke started to pour from the underneath the bonnet & coming through the air vents! Thought the car was on fire due to so much smoke!
Opened the bonnet & saw crystal clear smoke coming from one of the pipes leading towards the middle left hand side of the engine(as you've guessed not technically minded!) Any idea what it could be?? got a garage picking it up & looking at it later tonight. If it makes any difference the CC has been blowing hot air not cold for the last few days, was going to have it looked at at the w/e, could this be anything?? any help/costs would be appreciated!
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Re: Thought the car was on fire!!
« Reply #1 on: Aug 11th, 2005, 1:05pm » |
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Is it a diesel? diesel smoke maybe? I had a Rover do this on me once, blocked 4 lanes of road till the smoke cleared 
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Re: Thought the car was on fire!!
« Reply #2 on: Aug 11th, 2005, 2:31pm » |
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Re: Thought the car was on fire!!
« Reply #3 on: Aug 11th, 2005, 4:02pm » |
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hi there
broken a/c pipe? 
a few member are reporting the pipe next to the exhaust heatshield being worn away (rubbing).
or a head gasket? did it overheat?
hth
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Re: Thought the car was on fire!!
« Reply #4 on: Aug 11th, 2005, 5:17pm » |
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no warning of overheating so dont think so. im thinking its the a/c as well, just hope its not the head gasket!
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