Now I'm smoking too!

["Phil Patterson" <hilljack7@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Uh oh, it sounds like your heater core has given up the ghost. Coolant won't evaporate from the windshield like regular water vapor and can be a real pain when driving. You may want to check for a coolant-antifreeze smell. Keep an eye on your coolant level in the radiator and for wet floors under your heater unit! And if anyone has a good source for heater cores, now would probably be a good time to speak up!

Phil <><

----- Original Message -----

From: Imperial59crown@xxxxxxx

To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 10:03 PM

Subject: IML: Now I'm smoking too!

While out test driving my Imperial today I noticed smoke coming in the car from under the dash board, and up through the vent onto the windshield, and also out of the outside vents by the wipers. I have seen this happen before, after the car had not been driven for a while, and figured it's just stuff burning off the block and exhaust and coming through the firewall. Today however it was prolonged, and even started to cloud up the windshield. I pulled over and looked under the dash, and then in the engine compartment, but could find nothing. It must be in the area of the outside vent between the firewall. Any ideas what this might be? The only thing that I could figure is maybe the heater unit.
Bill '59 Crown