smoke coming out of vents.

[esskater892]

any ideas guys? I'm thinking it could be something with a blower motor. but that was replaced by me like almost 2 years ago?? 2 summers ago hows that. seems to start blowing smoke if i have the AC on for about an hour or so. also my car smokes really bad at times and i now have a small hole in my firewall where i removed the cruise control. think smoke could be coming through that and getting sucked in by the blower motor and out the vents? ugh i just dont wanna replace the blower motor again it was kind of some work.

thanks for the help guys!

[C91BLX7]

does it smell?

have you ever seen "smoke" when you open the freezer? same effect.

[AaronRVegas]

are you sure its actually smoke? and not just what happens when warm and cold air meet? does it smell like something is burning? like oil or electrical? any other problems with the car?

[Masamune]

Look under your car and examine the area around your catalytic converter (or is it the flex pipe? ). It's not uncommon for oil to leak from the "oil cooler" where your oil filter attaches and drip on to the exhaust, burning up and resulting in the burnt oil smell inside your car. Does it smell bad when your car is sitting idle in the driveway? What about while driving? Does the smell go away when you switch from fresh air to recirculate?

[esskater892]

does it smell?

have you ever seen "smoke" when you open the freezer? same effect.

not that i can tell of as my car smells like burnt oil cuz i have an oil leak. but has your car ever blown "smoke" "vapors" out of the vents?

are you sure its actually smoke? and not just what happens when warm and cold air meet? does it smell like something is burning? like oil or electrical? any other problems with the car?

its a think kinda smoke like you can tell. i dont think our cars have what it takes to recreat that vapor smoke this much.

Look under your car and examine the area around your catalytic converter (or is it the flex pipe? ). It's not uncommon for oil to leak from the "oil cooler" where your oil filter attaches and drip on to the exhaust, burning up and resulting in the burnt oil smell inside your car. Does it smell bad when your car is sitting idle in the driveway? What about while driving? Does the smell go away when you switch from fresh air to recirculate?

its comin out the air vents and like my car has an oil leak so it just smells like burning oil haha!

[turbo90accord]

my car did that a few times when i lived in arizona after a fresh evac/recharge of the AC system. Especially when it was early in the morning and rather humid (monsoon season). never seen anything like that.

but it does sound more like smoke from the way you describe it rather than water vapor. when it happened in my car the vapor would only come out of the vents maybe a foot before it dissapated, if its smoke it will linger in the cabin of your car for some time due to the stagnant air.

[esskater892]

my car did that a few times when i lived in arizona after a fresh evac/recharge of the AC system. Especially when it was early in the morning and rather humid (monsoon season). never seen anything like that.

but it does sound more like smoke from the way you describe it rather than water vapor. when it happened in my car the vapor would only come out of the vents maybe a foot before it dissapated, if its smoke it will linger in the cabin of your car for some time due to the stagnant air.

ya. i mean it comes out more than a foot and a half... and now that you mention something about the smoke lingering their. it doesnt seem to do that. I usually turn it off real quick cuz my room mate said maybe my blower motor. um.. if it is vapor its strange cuz its really hot outside and this happened when it was raining usually.

[turbo90accord]

its probably just water vapor, especially since you state if usually happens when raining which would mean a high level of humidity.

[esskater892]

ya makes sense but like...idk just like wtf... has anyone ever have a like blower motor go bad and it smoke?