What does it meen when.....

Subject: What does it meen when..... Mon Dec 15, 2008 10:13 am

Smoke pours out of your dash? My ford exploder had a ton of smoke comming out of the dash yesterday that smelt like burning wood. My heater wasn't on so I dont think it was my heater coil and I noticed a small puddle of oil under the engine. :angspmd:

Subject: Re: What does it meen when..... Mon Dec 15, 2008 10:51 am

It usually means that you are about to spend ALLOT of money. Smoke coming out of the dash is never a good thing, and oil puddles aren't good either. I know very little about fixing cars, but I do know that neither of those symptoms are good. Good luck.

Mark

Subject: Re: What does it meen when..... Mon Dec 15, 2008 11:59 am

haha i can fix anything, smoke from dash and oil leak huh, did it make any funny noises before it started smoking/leakin?? If it smelt like wood then you know its not wiring, Have you over heated recently??

Check and see if theres bubbles in your oil, check your antifreeze too for discoloration

do you know where the oil is leaking from??

be alot easier if i could see the motor lol

Subject: Re: What does it meen when..... Mon Dec 15, 2008 5:50 pm

It started hard but it was very cold and it usualy does that. I've never over heated.

The oil I think was comming from the oil pan well at least thats where it was wet from oil. I had it towed to the shpo and I'll know more in the AM.

Subject: Re: What does it meen when..... Mon Dec 15, 2008 9:26 pm

Good luck...cold weather can cause problems for sure.

Subject: Re: What does it meen when..... Tue Dec 16, 2008 12:25 am

Thanks! depending on how bad it is I might be getting a new car. My explorer isnt inspected and I'm going to have to drop about 1500 go get everything fixed so it will pass inspection. If its going to cost 2 to 3 hundred dollars to fix this new problem we are going to the hell with it and get a new car.

Subject: Re: What does it meen when..... Tue Dec 16, 2008 1:30 am

Sounds like you'll be getting a new car then. Wink

I can't get anyone here to open the hood on my car for less than $200. Granted its a Mercedes ML series, but its still ridiculous.

Mark

The Turtle Whisperer Posts : 1930

I don't know fords, but worked on VWs and BMWs.

Was it tough to turn it, when you were driving? The smoke may also be a power steering leak.

Fun.

Subject: Re: What does it meen when..... Tue Dec 16, 2008 10:48 am

Nope It turns just fine. I hope its not the power stearing

Subject: Re: What does it meen when..... Tue Dec 16, 2008 2:57 pm

did you check your oil and antifreeze?? any irregularity's?? like a white foam??

Subject: Re: What does it meen when..... Tue Dec 16, 2008 5:50 pm

It's a Ford, put it out of your misery and get a Chev. LOL

Subject: Re: What does it meen when..... Tue Dec 16, 2008 6:30 pm

Subject: Re: What does it meen when..... Tue Dec 16, 2008 10:01 pm

Real men dont ware bow ties Twisted Evil

Well I got the call and it was............ PINE NEEDLES! yup I had a ton of pine needles on my restrictor fan which has a bare electrical wire so when the truck was turned on the pine needles ignited and caused the cab to fill with smoke.

The Turtle Whisperer Posts : 1930

Uh. So just where are you driving that thing? Wink

So lemmie guess, $350 for a roll of electrical tape to "fix" the problem?

It's funny, all your talk of trucks, and where I live (it's truck land) I've been tempted to look into putting a bull bar on my beetle. Wink

Subject: Re: What does it meen when..... Wed Dec 17, 2008 2:49 am

Hahaha. You ever been muddin'?

The mechanic just cleaned out the fan and called it good. I havent picked it up yet so I dont know how much its going to cost me.

Subject: Re: What does it meen when..... Wed Dec 17, 2008 11:09 pm

At least it sounds like good news!

Subject: Re: What does it meen when..... Wed Dec 17, 2008 11:32 pm

$91.60 is what the damage was and they give me an oil change too.

The Turtle Whisperer Posts : 1930

Not exactly mudding, but I used to rally race in a heavily modified 60s beetle. One time it ended up on it's side in the mud. Does that count? Wink

Subject: Re: What does it meen when..... Thu Dec 18, 2008 9:33 am

Yea it does

Subject: Re: What does it meen when..... Thu Dec 18, 2008 6:16 pm

Real men don't wear bow ties, but they do drive Chev's. I read your post about the crash to bad it looked like a nice truck. Pine needles, I never would have even come close to guessing that. $91.60 is good I would have to pay around $120 here in Ontario. That would be around $108.10 US.

Subject: Re: What does it meen when..... Mon Jan 05, 2009 7:17 pm

im happy your exploder didnt explode

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