Chaps,
Sometimes I hate my S2.
Two weeks ago, on the way back from church on Sunday morning, it started leaking oil all over the known universe. That was the subject of this thread here:
http://www.porscheclubgbforum.com/tm.asp?m=745679&mpage=1&key=catastrophic򶃏
... and everyone was very helpful and it's now fixed. Thank you.
This morning, on the way to church, it managed to start leaking smoke - from under the dashboard and under the rear edge of the bonnet. It started when we arrived and parked up. Not huge clouds, but fairly thick wisps. And a nasty acrid burning-electrics smell to go with it. Wipers weren't on, neither was the heater fan nor the lights. In fact, no ancillary electrics were turned on. The missis (predictably) had kittens.
I turned everything off and the smoke stopped. A couple of hours later I started it up again, and the smoke started again - although only for a short while. We got home (about 10 minutes driving) and it didn't happen again, although there was no explanation for it stopping.
Immediate guess was the heater fan; it's fairly heavy electrics and in the right bit of the car (under the scuttle). I've removed the heater motor cover and the motor itself and there is no sign of anything wrong; various bits smell acrid but not very acrid. I have run the motor up on the bench and it smells faintly acrid, but that could be residual smell from earlier - I'm not convinced either way. It seems to run fine. There is nothing else that seems to be amiss.
So, in short, what else is there in this part of the world that can cause this sort of thing? It started with no clear reason, and stopped equally unexpectedly. I still have the scuttle contents in pieces (having hoovered up a large quantity of fine-quality compost that had accumulated there) and will have a better look tomorrow, but all suggestions of areas to have a look at are welcome.
Thanks for reading.
Oli.
Sometimes I hate my S2.
Two weeks ago, on the way back from church on Sunday morning, it started leaking oil all over the known universe. That was the subject of this thread here:
http://www.porscheclubgbforum.com/tm.asp?m=745679&mpage=1&key=catastrophic򶃏
... and everyone was very helpful and it's now fixed. Thank you.
This morning, on the way to church, it managed to start leaking smoke - from under the dashboard and under the rear edge of the bonnet. It started when we arrived and parked up. Not huge clouds, but fairly thick wisps. And a nasty acrid burning-electrics smell to go with it. Wipers weren't on, neither was the heater fan nor the lights. In fact, no ancillary electrics were turned on. The missis (predictably) had kittens.
I turned everything off and the smoke stopped. A couple of hours later I started it up again, and the smoke started again - although only for a short while. We got home (about 10 minutes driving) and it didn't happen again, although there was no explanation for it stopping.
Immediate guess was the heater fan; it's fairly heavy electrics and in the right bit of the car (under the scuttle). I've removed the heater motor cover and the motor itself and there is no sign of anything wrong; various bits smell acrid but not very acrid. I have run the motor up on the bench and it smells faintly acrid, but that could be residual smell from earlier - I'm not convinced either way. It seems to run fine. There is nothing else that seems to be amiss.
So, in short, what else is there in this part of the world that can cause this sort of thing? It started with no clear reason, and stopped equally unexpectedly. I still have the scuttle contents in pieces (having hoovered up a large quantity of fine-quality compost that had accumulated there) and will have a better look tomorrow, but all suggestions of areas to have a look at are welcome.
Thanks for reading.
Oli.
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