Strange "steamy" smell coming from the car
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Strange "steamy" smell coming from the car
A strange smell is coming from my car. I'm not really sure if it's from under the hood or from the underside of the car. I'm not really sure how to describe it, but it's similar to the smell of hot steam or the smell of a really hot piece of iron.
There is no smoke coming from the engine lol so don't ask
Has anyone experienced this?
There is no smoke coming from the engine lol so don't ask
Has anyone experienced this?
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on my friends 04 mustang i did...for a while
but we had been driving for a longg time and it was raining so im assuming it has sumthin to do with water.. i had that smell for about a minute one night in the rain asnd when i opend my hood, a lil poof of white smoke kind of liek steam was coming from under one of my header runner pipe things... havnt seen/smelled it ever since.. no idea wat it coudl be tho sorry
but we had been driving for a longg time and it was raining so im assuming it has sumthin to do with water.. i had that smell for about a minute one night in the rain asnd when i opend my hood, a lil poof of white smoke kind of liek steam was coming from under one of my header runner pipe things... havnt seen/smelled it ever since.. no idea wat it coudl be tho sorry
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Re: (DsevenEm2)
Thanks guys but I know what it is. I will make a picture in a minute. It's highly probable that someone will encounter the same problem some day.
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A burning Plastic Bag!
I remember going through a flying plastic bag a couple days ago on the highway and then I started hearing some slight plastic noise but I wasn't really sure about it because I just soundproofed my car...
Gonna have to crawl under there to dislodge it now and clean up the mess lol
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Re: A burning Plastic Bag! (awang)
heck yea forget about it... I need to bring the car in for maintenance in a couple days. The dealership will take care of it lol
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Re: A burning Plastic Bag! (awang)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by awang »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">why bother? nobody's gonna see it </TD></TR></TABLE><TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Rendition »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">heck yea forget about it... I need to bring the car in for maintenance in a couple days. The dealership will take care of it lol</TD></TR></TABLE>
It's the feeling that knowing all parts of your car are nice and and clean and look at it's best. just the pride feeling you have for your car.
It's the feeling that knowing all parts of your car are nice and and clean and look at it's best. just the pride feeling you have for your car.
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i had that happen with a plastic bag. and a dead animal. if you dont clean it, that smell will be there forever. i had to get under there and scrape the **** out of it.
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Re: (nickEM2slo)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by nickEM2slo »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i had that happen with a plastic bag. and a dead animal. if you dont clean it, that smell will be there forever. i had to get under there and scrape the **** out of it. </TD></TR></TABLE>
tried it but didn't want to scrape it too hard.
tried it but didn't want to scrape it too hard.
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Re: (nickEM2slo)
They are OK. Nothing fantastic
I would clean it myself but I don't have the tools to get under my car safely right now. I will just have service remove it and I will just burn off the little scraps left. Nothing that a week or two of driving won't cure
Also stop F***ING LITTERING people
Modified by Rendition at 3:56 PM 8/28/2007
I would clean it myself but I don't have the tools to get under my car safely right now. I will just have service remove it and I will just burn off the little scraps left. Nothing that a week or two of driving won't cure
Also stop F***ING LITTERING people
Modified by Rendition at 3:56 PM 8/28/2007
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Want a bad smell? Try running over an opossum on your way home from work, and not realizing there is like a pound of dead animal lodged between the exhaust and what not under your car until the next evening when you go to get in your car and its 100 degrees outside. Smelled like my roommate's cookin!
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