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Guess what happened to me.

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So a couple days ago, I was driving to school in my 1986 Volvo 760 Turbo.

All went well, until I got to the college. When I parked the car, I noticed a strong smell of metal and...something strange. That was when I noticed a pure white smoke (not steam) was creeping out of the driver's side vent. EEK!

Needless to say I was nervous about driving it home. But I've kept the radio off and the vent and so far the strange smoke has not returned, not have any poka-dotted elephants tried to cross the road. :sorry:

Over on 3DBuzz I made a post on it. Smoke came out of my car...is that bad? Te, he, he. I get a kick out of that title! :D

Anyway, it's gotta go into the shop.
 
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That would scare me! I'd be so afraid to drive it home, but I'm glad you were able to without issue.
As am I.

Did you get any responses to your post?
Yes thankfully some of the folks over there know a bit more about cars than I do!

Do you know what's wrong with it yet?
No, not yet.

I had to have my mother drive it to the shop today while I was at school. Which sucked...because I had to drive the Chrysler van...which takes forever for the heat to warm up - my car...5-10min max. :)

Over at the shop they changed the oil and they've ordered a new part for the broken antenna - $300! It goes back on Monday.
 
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I had a car catch on fire a few years ago. I started it and smoke came out , I thought it just overheated but I found out after it sat for a few minutes that one of the wires that the battery connected to caught on fire. It turned out that the guy who had just worked on it messed up when he fixed it.
 
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Well, took it into the shop and they

- Fixed the antennae

- Changed the oil (that was on Friday)

- Fixed the heater (w00000000t :))


They said the couldn't get it to blow that white smoke I saw. So hopefully all is good. Seemed fine for the most part, when I drove it home.
 
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