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car smoking from passenger side of engine bay
I have a bad HP hose on the power steering. Its not a huge leak but it is pretty bad. I first started seeing smoke back in the summer once when i filled up for gas. Saw some smoke coming from underneath the hood. Went away when i got home. Then when my coil pack went bad in december it smoked real bad when i was at a traffic light...but went away and no smoke since. Today however i was filling up to get gas and i saw light smoke coming up from the hood. Took the car to work and now i get back home and theres smoke coming from the rear of the engine back....looks like fluid leaked onto the cat and is causing smoke or something. Why would it be ok for 2 months and now just happen again? Hopefully it will go away because this is kinda embarassing. I will buy a new Hose as soon as i can.
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1993 25th Anniversary Edition # 156 of 301 ~ 121, 488 miles ( SOLD TO svxfiles 8/6/06) 2006 Subaru Impreza 2.5i....5spd - My daily driver 2006 Subaru Legacy 2.5i -7k miles..Mom's daily driver 2,543 Member of the SVX World Network |
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That's your power steering return hose. It has a "S" shaped bend on it and it's leaking. Change it out I guess. You can get a similear hose from your local car store and just swap it out.
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Lwin M. Maung (Member # 147) Current SVX: • NONE Previous SVXes: •1994 LE Barcelona Red 107k • 1992 LS-L Pearl White 143k • 1994 LSi Bordeaux Pearl 220k • 1992 LS-L Ebony Pearl 184k • 1992 LS-L Liquid Silver 145k • 1992 LS-L Liquid Silver 102k • 1992 LS-L Ebony Pearl 123k Other current cars:•2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee Black If at first you don't succeed, CHEAT!
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Lwin dont you mean the high pressure hose? Mine leaks pretty bad. It hasn't smoked like this in 2 months. Im assuming it will go away once it burns off on the exhaust....i sure hope it goes away because the smoke is really embarassing.
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1993 25th Anniversary Edition # 156 of 301 ~ 121, 488 miles ( SOLD TO svxfiles 8/6/06) 2006 Subaru Impreza 2.5i....5spd - My daily driver 2006 Subaru Legacy 2.5i -7k miles..Mom's daily driver 2,543 Member of the SVX World Network |
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YES, this happens to me and the dealer i bought it from and SOA dealer said valve cover, when i thought, it should be burning oil or coolant, but both were full when i hear the PS pump really loud (similar to my trucks previous problems) I got PS repair in a bottle stuff and it helps, kinda. Its really embarassing some mexicans pulled up to me at a light and were like "Your car's smoking dude" I said Yeah it does that, One time I just said, yeah its an exotic, what do you want.
Note to self, fix the hose tomorrow (duh!)
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Hoping it'll go away isn't very realistic is it? Just cuz it went away before? Simple fix. Take Lwin's advice and replace the hose. At a minimum, climb under there and see WTH's happening. NOT smelling or seeing smoke is cooool!
Glenn
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1993 25th Anniversary Edition # 156 of 301 ~ 121, 488 miles ( SOLD TO svxfiles 8/6/06) 2006 Subaru Impreza 2.5i....5spd - My daily driver 2006 Subaru Legacy 2.5i -7k miles..Mom's daily driver 2,543 Member of the SVX World Network |
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At least it keeps everything shiny .
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1993 25th Anniversary Edition # 156 of 301 ~ 121, 488 miles ( SOLD TO svxfiles 8/6/06) 2006 Subaru Impreza 2.5i....5spd - My daily driver 2006 Subaru Legacy 2.5i -7k miles..Mom's daily driver 2,543 Member of the SVX World Network |
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