It's isn't really bad like the engine's is completely on fire, but still smoke visibly rises from under the hood when the car is parked.
Usually this happens after driving around, doing about 50 or so for a few.
First thing I thought is the car may be overheating. However, the temp gauge in my dash reads normal. I suppose the possibility exists that the gauge is faulty, but I don't think so because when the car warms up it seems fine.
I know the serpentine belt needs to be changed but the smoke doesn't appear to come from there when I open up the hood. It almost seems like it's coming from the bottom of the car, but I can't really tell from where. I was once told since it's an older, high-mileage (175k) car that it just does that. Something about the oil burning.
Been to the mechanic recently for an oil change. When you get it, they do a comp check of your car. I wasn't told anything was wrong.
Again, since I'm not really familiar with this type of thing, I thought I would ask.
2006-12-26
03:52:02
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