lanza850 Posted October 8, 2005 Report Share Posted October 8, 2005 Hi all,I was sitting in the Sonic drive-thru last night, window down, waiting to pay for my slushie, when I noticed smoke wafting past me. I looked in my side-mirror only to find it was coming from my own exhaust. The smoke almost smelled of burnt plastic... the color looked fairly milky but was not overly thick. I'm not sure what the heck this is from since the car has been running fine, but I'm obviously concerned and not sure what to make of this. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogli Posted October 8, 2005 Report Share Posted October 8, 2005 Any codes, and are you positive the smoke was in the exhaust itself? If the car is otherwise OK maybe you ran over some drive-thru refuse that met up with your exhaust line and couldn't take the heat. Only once have I smelled that smell or seen smoke strange coming from my car, caused by the melting and burning plastic of my seized-up electric fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanza850 Posted October 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2005 Any codes, and are you positive the smoke was in the exhaust itself? If the car is otherwise OK maybe you ran over some drive-thru refuse that met up with your exhaust line and couldn't take the heat. Only once have I smelled that smell or seen smoke strange coming from my car, caused by the melting and burning plastic of my seized-up electric fan.It is definitely coming from within the muffler, although when I turned the car off I heard the fan turnoff/spin down. I can't read codes right now b/c the local dealer service center broke the metal probe off my OBD connector. I'm going to see if I can rig it somehow and I'll post the codes I have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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