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hey all, so i took the bird out earlier tonight and everything was well. It was about 30 degrees out and i let her warm up and everything. then, out of nowhere, i start seeing my engine smoke and then my air bag light came on. i only drove it for 10 minutes and by the end of it my air bag light was blinking. I thought i noticed a tinking of what seemed like the belt the night before, but didnt think anything like this was going to happen. I will go out tomorrow and see if i see anything. However, does anyone have any suggestions as to what it is or what i can look for when i start her up tomorrow?
o yeah, i forgot to mention. my battery gauge, or whatever it is called, looked as if it was overloaded. usually it stays a little under the yellow and usually oscillates a little. but when the car was acting up, the needle for the battery gauge was as high as it could go, and it wasnt moving a bit. weird stuff is going on and i have no idea what it is? any help would be appreciated!
Are you sure it was 'engine' smoke and not 'electrical' smoke?
I am not sure how the wiring is hooked-up on these but its possible a voltage regulator went and it was letting the alternator go to town and overcharge the entire system.
This just happened recently on my brother-in-laws Jeep. Took out the computer because the voltage was pumping straight from the alternator into the computer at about 19 volts. The Jeep is now down waiting a new computer.
Like I said, I am not sure how the wiring on these things run but its possible the situations could be similar. Food for thought
no, it didnt overheat. I started her up today and let her idle for a while. Everything was fine. Then once i started to pull out the driveway, the same thing happened with the air bag light and the battery gauge. Then again i saw the white smoke. I looked under the hood and noticed that there was a lot of yellow fluid sprayed all over and behind the alternator. Then i noticed the hose that connects right below the alternator had a hole in it. Does anyone know what this hose is? and if i gave the car gas would it cause the fluid to spray out of this hose? or is the fluid coming from elsewhere?
no, it didnt overheat. I started her up today and let her idle for a while. Everything was fine. Then once i started to pull out the driveway, the same thing happened with the air bag light and the battery gauge. Then again i saw the white smoke. I looked under the hood and noticed that there was a lot of yellow fluid sprayed all over and behind the alternator. Then i noticed the hose that connects right below the alternator had a hole in it. Does anyone know what this hose is? and if i gave the car gas would it cause the fluid to spray out of this hose? or is the fluid coming from elsewhere?
sounds like coolant.. IIRC there are little plastic elbows around there that go bad.
the smoke is coming from the coolant steaming, and you are probably spraying it everywhere shorting the connections out.. just a thought
Sounds like the regulator in the Alt. took a dump and your volts are running like 18 or so and is over powering your electrical system.
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sounds like coolant.. IIRC there are little plastic elbows around there that go bad.
the smoke is coming from the coolant steaming, and you are probably spraying it everywhere shorting the connections out.. just a thought
Yeah, thats what im thinking but im not too sure whether the hose is coolant or something else. I think they might be the heater hoses? here is a picture of the hose. sorry about the red part, i found this image on google images. I circled the hose with a green circle.
Yeah, thats what im thinking but im not too sure whether the hose is coolant or something else. I think they might be the heater hoses? here is a picture of the hose. sorry about the red part, i found this image on google images. I circled the hose with a green circle.
yes exactly
from what i have seen, these elbows are a little hard to find.
i havent really looked in person but im pretty sure they do to to the heater core
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