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Old 04-05-2008, 10:33 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Smoke (ok, Steam) from Front Access Panel

Was driving in the rain today and noticed smoke coming from under the front access panel. Thought to myself "Great, NOW I get a problem with this thing after swearing to everyone that it's a good little car and wouldn't be problematic."

I pulled over to check it out and it turned out to be steam. Not from the cooling system but from the rain water hitting the radiator. Never had a car with the radiator this close to the front before... Just wanted to let everyone know that its not necessarily a problem to see steam on a rainy day wafting over your windscreen. That is unless you smell coolant and well, you'd know it then.
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Old 04-05-2008, 11:19 AM   #2 (permalink)
 
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Little did you know, just wait till its true self comes out and it breathes fire
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Old 04-05-2008, 01:16 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Little did you know, just wait till its true self comes out and it breathes fire
SWEET!!! Now all I need to do is harness and direct that fire at the guy in the H2 that was laughing...
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Old 04-07-2008, 06:38 AM   #4 (permalink)
 
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Was driving in the rain today and noticed smoke coming from under the front access panel. Thought to myself "Great, NOW I get a problem with this thing after swearing to everyone that it's a good little car and wouldn't be problematic."

I pulled over to check it out and it turned out to be steam. Not from the cooling system but from the rain water hitting the radiator. Never had a car with the radiator this close to the front before... Just wanted to let everyone know that its not necessarily a problem to see steam on a rainy day wafting over your windscreen. That is unless you smell coolant and well, you'd know it then.
thank you for posting this. i was running errands yesterday in the rain waiting for the light to turn green. i too noticed steam/smoke from the front end and thought the same thing. when i got to home depot (don't laugh i just need to p/u a carpet knife) and smelled the front. thankfully it had no scent.

thanks again!
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Old 04-07-2008, 06:44 AM   #5 (permalink)
 
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Steamy!

Similar experience. ANT BEE came out of the car wash and she was "Smokin'!" (steam). That's when I remembered that the radiator was up front.
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