ATL944

This morning after I parked my car at school, I noticed a strong burning smell. It almost smelled like burning rubber, and I also noticed a small amount of smoke coming from the left side of the hood

centerpunch

And then you opened the hood and saw.............what?

shiners780

I was thinking the exact same thing. I hope the story doesn't end there.

When you were in class, did you hear fire engine sirens?

schwank

Mmmmm, I love the smell of cam housing gasket leak in the morning. Smells like.... a 944.

MPD47

Come on Paul, that's what mechanics are for!

tifosiman

Man, I'd hate to see 15K worth of Porsche go up in smoke. Better run out there and check on it~

75ohm

What kind of anti-climactic suspense thriller is this thread!? What do we have going on? Inquiring minds want to know!!!

ATL944

Sorry guys, class started and I had to log off. BTW I did check under the hood after I noticed the smoke and everything looked normal, except the antifreeze level was a little low, but I doubt that has anything to do with it. What could it be?

IMB951

Give it a closer look. Check your cam tower and make sure nothing is leaking onto something hot, like your headers. Your smoke probably came from somewhere not easily visible. Run it for a few minutes before you go anywhere and see if you can get the smoke to come back.

75ohm

Any plastic bags on the exhaust?

ATL944

As I was leaving school today there was massive amounts of smoke coming from under the hood and as I was driving I noticed that there was smoke coming from the area under the glove compartment. I parked it for a few minutes and I took a closer look under the hood, but I still could not see anything wrong, so I took it to NAPA. I just hope it is nothing too serious.

Mighty Shilling

I had a similar issue when my clutch slave cylinder went out.. for some reason it was throwing brake fluid onto the exhaust header from the flywheel.... after a day of that, I push the clutch pedal in, and it stuck...

schwank

Again, look very carefully under the cam tower both on the sides and in back. Sure sounds to me like oil burning off the exhaust headers... look for any dampness below, or pull the pan underneath and look for oil on the bottom of the pan...

sounds exactly like what mine did... and here is what I found at the back of the cam tower...

StoogeMoe

Sounds like a heater hose to me.

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1986 944 NA - Guards Red - 91k miles - minty
1983 944 NA - Platinum metallic - 9000 mi beginning a new life
1985.1 944 NA - Guards Red - donor car
1984 911 Carrera Coupe - Guards Red (gone, but not forgotten)
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tifosiman

What's NAPA going to do? All of the NAPA's around here just sell parts over the counter. None of them are service facilities....................

Did you get a warranty with that car?