TobesEtc
Mexico City
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EDITED: I just compared a before and after photograph...I don't think my oil dipstick is pushed in properly! Maybe that's the issue instead of what I wrote below!
Had a bit of a scare on Saturday, driving home after a bit of a blast around the countryside. Just before I got home, there was a queue of traffic, so after driving at speed for sometime I was stationary and suddenly noticed smoke coming out of the engine bay! For a second I thought I was about to go up in flames.
I was really close to home, so got back and then went to investigate. When I opened the engine cover I didn't recognise the thing, it was spotless! But the smoking had stopped. What I guess must have happened is that last week, when the car had the new rear-wing fitted, the garage must have given the engine bay a quick clean-up and I suspect they got whatever cleaning stuff they'd used on the hot bits, which then smoked off when it was good and warm.
Either that or the cam cover things have warped (again!) and started to drip on the exhaust. It's in to Porsche Torque on Thursday, so I'll ask him to check just in case.
Didn't half give me a fright - sure hope my diagnosis is right! Here's a pic to record that, if only for a brief time, my engine bay is fairly clean!
Had a bit of a scare on Saturday, driving home after a bit of a blast around the countryside. Just before I got home, there was a queue of traffic, so after driving at speed for sometime I was stationary and suddenly noticed smoke coming out of the engine bay! For a second I thought I was about to go up in flames.
I was really close to home, so got back and then went to investigate. When I opened the engine cover I didn't recognise the thing, it was spotless! But the smoking had stopped. What I guess must have happened is that last week, when the car had the new rear-wing fitted, the garage must have given the engine bay a quick clean-up and I suspect they got whatever cleaning stuff they'd used on the hot bits, which then smoked off when it was good and warm.
Either that or the cam cover things have warped (again!) and started to drip on the exhaust. It's in to Porsche Torque on Thursday, so I'll ask him to check just in case.
Didn't half give me a fright - sure hope my diagnosis is right! Here's a pic to record that, if only for a brief time, my engine bay is fairly clean!
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