car smoking from passenger side of engine bay

[n00b on demand]

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.

[Seraph]

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.

[n00b on demand]

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.

[hexadec0079]

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!)

[RojoRocket]

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

[n00b on demand]

Originally Posted by RojoRocket

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

Notice that I said " i will replace it when i can." I'm not about to pay 100 bucks from subaru parts.com for a stupid hose. I'm going to try and find a good used line first and see what happens. I'm sure it will go away soon....probably just needs to burn off the pipe like it did last time. But I'm looking into buying another hose as we speak.

[n00b on demand]

At least it keeps everything shiny .