Steam or smoke from grill
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It's cold and wet in the Northeast today. I drove 15 minutes to work and after parking and shutting down my car I noticed a significant amount of steam (didn't smell like smoke) coming from my grill. I opened to hood but didn't see anything strange. This went on for a few minutes and appears to have stopped.
Has anyone seen this before? I'm thinking it's just from the cold and the moisture but I'm not sure.
Has anyone seen this before? I'm thinking it's just from the cold and the moisture but I'm not sure.
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Same thing happens to me too. I checked under the hood . Every thing looked and smelled ok.
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From: Westchester, New York
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Titanium Silver Metallic / Black Leather / Poplar Grain Wood Trim /Automatic
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Leather Selector Lever w/Wood Inlay / Wood E-Brake Handle / Red Rear Reflectors / BMW All Weather Mats / BMW All Weather Trunk Liner / LoJack Anti-theft System
The same thing happened to me the first night it snowed here in New York, but everything seamed normal too me.
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From: Central Massachusetts
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2004 545i | SMG | White/Black | Sport | NAV | Logic 7 | PDC | Fold-down Seats | Adaptive Headlights | Cold Weather Pkg | Clear-again Bra | Mud Flaps | Bluetooth | Coat Hangar | Aux Input | All Weather Mats | 18"X8.5" BBS RK w/ Michelin Pilot Alpin's (winter) | New steering rack @ 1.2K & 17K miles| Software V.19.1 | B&B Exhaust (vrrrroooooommm!) <---Click.
The only time I've seen steam coming out of the grille was the the day before I had to have my steering rack replaced.
Hopefully it's not the same for you.
This issue seemed to affect a limited number of 545's & 645's built around March of '04. I was just 'lucky' I guess.
Hopefully it's not the same for you.
This issue seemed to affect a limited number of 545's & 645's built around March of '04. I was just 'lucky' I guess.
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Originally Posted by realtyman' date='Jan 5 2005, 09:13 PM
This issue seemed to affect a limited number of 545's & 645's built around March of '04.? I was just 'lucky' I guess.
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From: Central Massachusetts
My Ride: Now Driving a Freakin' Prius!
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2004 545i | SMG | White/Black | Sport | NAV | Logic 7 | PDC | Fold-down Seats | Adaptive Headlights | Cold Weather Pkg | Clear-again Bra | Mud Flaps | Bluetooth | Coat Hangar | Aux Input | All Weather Mats | 18"X8.5" BBS RK w/ Michelin Pilot Alpin's (winter) | New steering rack @ 1.2K & 17K miles| Software V.19.1 | B&B Exhaust (vrrrroooooommm!) <---Click.
Originally Posted by EBMCS03' date='Jan 6 2005, 01:54 AM
[quote name='realtyman' date='Jan 5 2005, 09:13 PM']This issue seemed to affect a limited number of 545's & 645's built around March of '04.? I was just 'lucky' I guess.
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[/quote]Steering Rack! There was evidently a bad casting in the aluminum around my production date. Only affected 545 and 645's as far as I know. I have't heard of any after May of '04. Seems as though they fixed the problem.
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Hey mine did that the other morning, but had a strange burning smell with it. I checked under the hood, but couldnt see anything. After letting it cool, I haven't noticed it since.
My car only has about 500 miles so I fgured it must have been something on the engine burning off. Maybe some type of coating or sealant?
I did wash the car the day before, but don't see how that could have caused anything like this.
My car only has about 500 miles so I fgured it must have been something on the engine burning off. Maybe some type of coating or sealant?
I did wash the car the day before, but don't see how that could have caused anything like this.