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Hachiroku wrote:[color=blue]
> Wanted to put an alarm in the Supra. Here in Mass, you get 15% off your
> insurance with alarms installed, and the Canadian models didn't come with
> the Factory alarm.
>
> So, drove to W. Spfld, nearest dealer that actually HAD one, and 2/3 of
> the way there, I smell something. Since I was going through Holyoke, I
> figured the Illegals were burning the place again (eh, Wicked Doll/ mark
> digital?)
>
> Then I see the smoke billowing out from under MY car!!!. I pull over and
> the temp gauge starts heading for the roof. I shut it down and got out;
> looke under the hood, and it looked like a lot of oil hit the header.
> Coolant was full and looked normal, oil looked god (a little low) and
> normal, but the dipstick was hotter than HELL!!!
>
> I lit a ciggy and just let the smoke dissapate (the oil smoke, that
> is...), then turned the ign ON but not Start. The temp was still high. I
> finished the smoke, and with nothing visible anywhere I started it up. The
> gauge hovered where it was for 10 seconds and then started dropping. Oh,
> well, I can't stay here.
>
> Went down, bought the alarm, and took the old highway (Rt 5) back to
> Northampton. Bought a coffe and a couple quarts of oil, started off again
> and got back on the Interstate. Never smoked or overheated again!
>
> WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?!?!?!?! I can't figure it out. A guess? The PCV
> valve clogged and blew some oil past the VCG...it needs a new gasket
> anyway.
>
> Nothing else appeared to have happened; at first I thought it was a BHG,
> but the smoke was coming from the Passenger's side, and the exhaust is on
> the driver's side...
>
> When we put the timing belt in the car, we found a whole bunch of records
> indicating the girl who owned it before spent $900 on the cooling system;
> all new hoses, thermostat, I think a radiator, etc. So it looks like it
> had cooling probs before. NEVER did this to me before!
>
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In the last Ford I owned (16 years ago), I was driving down the
interstate when a tremendous noise emanated from under the hood,
accompanied by much smoke. I shut it (2.3 litre four) down, coasted to
the shoulder, opened the hood.

Nothing. Just a little residual smoke that smelled like...RUBBER! I
started it again...more smoke, then BANG! no more smoke. That was the
AC clutch going out. The piston-style compressor had thrown a rod (the
noise) freezing it up and causing the belt to burn (the smoke, smell).

I pulled the wire to the compressor clutch and drove home....

jak