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Two days ago, while I was tuning up my car after installing a rebuilt distributor, I suddenly noticed "smoke" coming from under my dashboard. Now that is something that will get one's attention in a hurry.
Gradually it went away.
I peered under the dash for quite some time looking for melted insulation or any other sign of burning, but found nothing.
Yesterday, while a mechanic friend and I were working on the car, the "smoke" started again. We both peered under the dash and, again, found nothing.
Then my friend made an observation. He said that the "smoke" has no odor: it had neither an antifreeze smell nor a burning electrical smell. Nothing. "Water..," he said, "it's water."
On a hunch, I turned on the heater fan and billows of "smoke" came out for about two minutes and then gradually subsided and then disappeared altogether and never returned.
My friend said that water somehow had collected in the heater and was being turned into steam.
Have any of you ever experienced this? Any idea where the water would have come from since it had no trace of antifreeze smell? The car is garaged when not in use, and fans are going night and day.
Gradually it went away.
I peered under the dash for quite some time looking for melted insulation or any other sign of burning, but found nothing.
Yesterday, while a mechanic friend and I were working on the car, the "smoke" started again. We both peered under the dash and, again, found nothing.
Then my friend made an observation. He said that the "smoke" has no odor: it had neither an antifreeze smell nor a burning electrical smell. Nothing. "Water..," he said, "it's water."
On a hunch, I turned on the heater fan and billows of "smoke" came out for about two minutes and then gradually subsided and then disappeared altogether and never returned.
My friend said that water somehow had collected in the heater and was being turned into steam.
Have any of you ever experienced this? Any idea where the water would have come from since it had no trace of antifreeze smell? The car is garaged when not in use, and fans are going night and day.