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Old 12-25-2004, 03:52 PM
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well i sheen smoke coming up from under the hood can hear smoething drip then make a shhhhhhhhhhh should what can it be . 96 z28 camaro
Old 12-25-2004, 04:34 PM
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Pop the hood open and see where its comin from! Maybe bring a buddy and have another set of ears, once u figure out where its comin from or a general location just look around, there's very few liquids in a car, so either oil, windshield washer fluid or coolant
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What does it smell like? Antifreeze (sweet smelling) or does it smell like oil. It could be something simple like rainwater that got on the exhaust. The reason I say that is that seems to happen to my Vette when I drive it after it has rained hard and sitting in my sloping driveway. Or could even be a leaking valve cover leaking onto the exhaust manifold.
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can you tell what side? your heater hoses run on the pass side and they might be leaking or (yikes) rubbed or burnt through. I know it's tough on an F-body.
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Light smoke or dark smoke.

Oil leak dripping on headers/manifold?
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Light smoke i think
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hey man, i had the same problem on my 96z28, it was valve cover gasket and my oil dipstick tube thingy was leaking a little.




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