Pics, with a question...

g0t_slack · Post by **g0t_slack** » July 29th, 2005, 10:42 pm

I finially found the battery charger for the camera, so here are a few pics..

Needs a bath badly, plan on that this weekend.

Now for the queston... After driving it home today, I decided to look under the hood.
I saw some light smoke (maybe steam?) coming from the area circled here. It wasn't alot, and I had to actually get my head down there before I noticed it.
Of course, I"m on the verge of freaking out... What should I check?
(coolant looks clean, oil looks clean)

atlantamx3 · Post by **atlantamx3** » July 30th, 2005, 1:00 am

My guess would be oil leaking/dripping onto the exhaust and smoking a little.

nos92mx3 · Post by **nos92mx3** » July 30th, 2005, 9:12 am

Possibly a crack in one of the coolant lines running to the heater core?

Gro Harlem · Post by **Gro Harlem** » July 30th, 2005, 12:21 pm

or possibly a hole in ur exhaust right below that point? i dunno

but heater core hose is probbaly more likely if its white smoke & if it smokes a lot, the heater core hoses should be easily visible from that angle, use a flashlight to see if you can see it coming straight from them

If so, it shouldn't be too hard to replace them, but it can be a b---- to remove them since they like to freeze to the manifold and firewall

g0t_slack · Post by **g0t_slack** » July 30th, 2005, 2:26 pm

Ok, sounds like not to big of a deal... I looked again after another drive, I can't tell where it's coming from at all.

If fluid levels stay normal is this something I should get checked out right away, or can it wait a week or two?

PATDIESEL · Post by **PATDIESEL** » July 31st, 2005, 2:16 am

It will be ok if the fluid levels are ok. However, the longer you leave it the worse it will get and one day you'll not be paying attention and something bad will happen. Also, the longer you leave it the more mess it will make in the engine bay and the more you'll have to clean up after you fix the problem. So get it fixed as soon as you can.

OptiX · Post by **OptiX** » August 3rd, 2005, 11:17 am

nos92mx3 wrote:Possibly a crack in one of the coolant lines running to the heater core?

or the lines that run into the intake manifold.

check from the alternator side, up underneath the intake plenum, you'll see 3 to 4 hoses (smaller ones) up underneath it.

(i said to use the alternator side simply because there's more room to fit your head or a mirror in there)