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Old Aug 15, 2005 | 05:10 AM
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HElP!!!!!

i think my car is smoking... i pulled it into the garage tonight, and i smelled a burning-ish smell after i went inside. and i opended the garage door and... there was gray smoke everywhere!! and a burning smell!!! what is it!!! please help!!! ive been noticing this smell for a while now..... can anybody help?

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Old Aug 15, 2005 | 10:55 PM
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Old Aug 17, 2005 | 12:48 AM
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So, Mark . . .

Update us on your car. It is a real beauty, I hope it didn't go up in smoke!
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Old Aug 18, 2005 | 10:33 AM
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comming back from lunch with that Big Family(aunts, unc. cuz, grands.) my brother insisted that he (drove becasue it is so0o0 unfair that he drives a lesser car than his litte brother haha) its very hard to hand the keys over to some one who has wrecked 4 mercedes, but some how i did . and he bottemd out, almost hit a jag. and almost hit a mini, and that was that. so he cracked the oil pan, and fukd up the bumper. so, it was getting painted yesterday, and in the shoppee all last night.



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Old Aug 18, 2005 | 10:37 AM
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So, the smoke was from the cracked oil pan? Dripping on something hot and then burning?
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Old Aug 18, 2005 | 11:42 AM
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yeah, it was dripping on the plastick drip aria (the big plastick sheet thing) and then when i acclerated it got pushed back and it would hit my exghaust pipe.

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