just caught smoke...or steam?
10-17-2009 | 10:47 PM
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Just drove home in the rain and about 45 degree weather...
when i parked i saw what i believe was some smoke (looked a bit too billowy and thick to be steam) coming out of my left kidney grille...so i immediately popped my hood, but the second i did that it went away...
i still have that burnt rubber/plastic smell coming from my engine
anyone got any ideas?
when i parked i saw what i believe was some smoke (looked a bit too billowy and thick to be steam) coming out of my left kidney grille...so i immediately popped my hood, but the second i did that it went away...
i still have that burnt rubber/plastic smell coming from my engine
anyone got any ideas?
10-18-2009 | 12:23 AM
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Originally Posted by slm6715' post='1035010' date='Oct 18 2009, 08:47 AM
Just drove home in the rain and about 45 degree weather...
10-18-2009 | 02:09 AM
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You have a 3.0 inline 6 judging by you signature, have you had a look at you rocker cover gasket and checked for leaks? Rocker cover gaskets are common for failing and needing replaced, its not a huge job i did two on the 740i used to have.
The burning rubber smell sounds like oil and not coolant, coolant has a sweet smell to it.
The burning rubber smell sounds like oil and not coolant, coolant has a sweet smell to it.
10-18-2009 | 09:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Bob525D' post='1035032' date='Oct 18 2009, 06:09 AM
You have a 3.0 inline 6 judging by you signature, have you had a look at you rocker cover gasket and checked for leaks? Rocker cover gaskets are common for failing and needing replaced, its not a huge job i did two on the 740i used to have.
The burning rubber smell sounds like oil and not coolant, coolant has a sweet smell to it.
The burning rubber smell sounds like oil and not coolant, coolant has a sweet smell to it.
sorry sometimes i forget that even matters...i'm in USA so 45 degrees farenheit
10-18-2009 | 10:37 AM
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It might just be rain water evaporating from touching hot engine compartments... The old R53 MINI Cooper S's were infamous for doing this... it was cool to see "dragon's breath" coming out of the Supercharger scoop LOL
10-18-2009 | 10:58 AM
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Originally Posted by EBMCS03' post='1035179' date='Oct 18 2009, 02:37 PM
It might just be rain water evaporating from touching hot engine compartments... The old R53 MINI Cooper S's were infamous for doing this... it was cool to see "dragon's breath" coming out of the Supercharger scoop LOL
i hope so..i'm gonna go down to the garage in a bit and check for oil leakage...
BTW -- haha how much input do you have to give to be labeled "M5 extraordinaire!" ... love that
10-18-2009 | 02:44 PM
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Happens to me sometime in the winter. It's usually snow hitting the underside and steaming especially at a red light. Nothing to worry about if it doesn't happen during dry conditions.
10-19-2009 | 05:12 AM
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Happens to me as well. Cool conditions, esp when there is slush/snow hitting the under carriage. I reacted the same way when I first saw it. A little unnerving but a dealer check (what I did) indicated no problems in oil/coolant etc ... cool weather no problem....warm weather steam....well....you know.....
10-19-2009 | 12:05 PM
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Originally Posted by jfk92' post='1035604' date='Oct 19 2009, 08:12 AM
Happens to me as well. Cool conditions, esp when there is slush/snow hitting the under carriage. I reacted the same way when I first saw it. A little unnerving but a dealer check (what I did) indicated no problems in oil/coolant etc ... cool weather no problem....warm weather steam....well....you know.....
10-19-2009 | 03:02 PM
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Originally Posted by z06bigbird' post='1035985' date='Oct 19 2009, 04:05 PM
Check for cats under hood when you first start car in am. By pm, they will start smoking/steaming.
