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'01 mystery explosion. . . .
Posted by JPW (more from JPW) on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 10:20:17
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I've been offlist for many months since my ~78,000-mile 2.3L had been issue-free . . . until yesterday.
After parking for lunch, I started up, put it into drive, and pulled away slowly. Then BOOM--a shotgun sound from under the hood--with a billowing plume of dark gray smoke from out the grille and under the fenders. It was acrid like burnt rubber. I cut the ignition right away and it dissipated.
I thought it might have been the A/C line bursting, but the smell seemed more like a hose or maybe the DI cassette. Hood open, nothing seemed to be smoking and even the belt looked fine.
Well, it was towed to the dealer but the reputable tech claimed today that it's running fine and there's nothing to note!
Possible clue: yesterday morning, it had been unusually sluggish starting away from a green light but always ran smoothly once up to speed and had boost. I also heard the characteristic moan while throttling just a little more than normal, or so it seemed.
Who has any ideas?
Thanks,
-John in Buffalo
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