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rhcpu2
Hi everybody!
Today we got a bad experience...
We left home and after 1 minute we had to stop on a red light... we started to see a lot of smoke around the van... At first I though it was the exhaust of the car in front, when the car in front left, the smoke stayed around the van and that's when we knew something was not okay! Time to unfold the warning triangle for the first time.
I verified that the smoke was coming from the bottom of the van. It looked it was coming from below the front seats position. It was so smoke that we were already talking with the firefighters department. However, when we shutdown the engine the smoked stopped so we cancel it off.
It was time to call the assistance. At the first they were telling us on the phone that this could be the heating system (it was a cold day around 5°C) and that smoke was normal... but when we turned on the engine again, the smoke started again and it smelled like burnt stuff so we insisted for them to come. They finally arrived, we turned on the engine again, there was no smoke this time but a lot of smell. When they smelled it they immediately said "it's not good... it's the motor" in German (we live in Switzerland) and they said it should go to the garage.
There were no red/yellow indicators on the panel, so although the smoke was not coming directly from the motor but from below the van I hope it is not something serious with the motor.
That's our story for today. I am glad there were no flames and for sure after this experience I will get a fire extinguisher!
I will give feedback when I know more about it.
Cheers.
Today we got a bad experience...
We left home and after 1 minute we had to stop on a red light... we started to see a lot of smoke around the van... At first I though it was the exhaust of the car in front, when the car in front left, the smoke stayed around the van and that's when we knew something was not okay! Time to unfold the warning triangle for the first time.
I verified that the smoke was coming from the bottom of the van. It looked it was coming from below the front seats position. It was so smoke that we were already talking with the firefighters department. However, when we shutdown the engine the smoked stopped so we cancel it off.
It was time to call the assistance. At the first they were telling us on the phone that this could be the heating system (it was a cold day around 5°C) and that smoke was normal... but when we turned on the engine again, the smoke started again and it smelled like burnt stuff so we insisted for them to come. They finally arrived, we turned on the engine again, there was no smoke this time but a lot of smell. When they smelled it they immediately said "it's not good... it's the motor" in German (we live in Switzerland) and they said it should go to the garage.
There were no red/yellow indicators on the panel, so although the smoke was not coming directly from the motor but from below the van I hope it is not something serious with the motor.
That's our story for today. I am glad there were no flames and for sure after this experience I will get a fire extinguisher!
I will give feedback when I know more about it.
Cheers.