Smoke coming from bonnet after drive?
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2020 6:54 pm
Hi,
Hoping somebody may be able to give me a clue on what could be the cause of smoke coming from my bonnet after a relatively short drive. Just a bit of background I have a 2010 quashqui, and it is my first diesel car. Yesterday I came back from a 20 minute drive on a A road yesterday and after I pulled up I noticed smoke/steam coming from the drivers side of my bonnet. So I pulled up onto the drive and opened the bonnet and I got a fairly strong smell of burning rubber. Upon further inspection it seemed the belt towards the front of the engine at the bottom was the cause.
Took it to the garage and asked them to have a look, when they called back they said it was the brake callipers on the drivers side and needed to change, so got it changed as I’m needing my car for work and family. However after another drive today the same thing has happened. I had a bottle of water and poured just a little to see if it was something overheating and as soon as it touched the belt it hissed.
Now as you can tell by the longwinded and very basic description I am not much of a car man, but I’d like to have some idea of what I’m getting into as me and my partner are expecting our first child this week and I don’t want to use it if there’s a risk something may happen.
Hoping somebody may be able to give me a clue on what could be the cause of smoke coming from my bonnet after a relatively short drive. Just a bit of background I have a 2010 quashqui, and it is my first diesel car. Yesterday I came back from a 20 minute drive on a A road yesterday and after I pulled up I noticed smoke/steam coming from the drivers side of my bonnet. So I pulled up onto the drive and opened the bonnet and I got a fairly strong smell of burning rubber. Upon further inspection it seemed the belt towards the front of the engine at the bottom was the cause.
Took it to the garage and asked them to have a look, when they called back they said it was the brake callipers on the drivers side and needed to change, so got it changed as I’m needing my car for work and family. However after another drive today the same thing has happened. I had a bottle of water and poured just a little to see if it was something overheating and as soon as it touched the belt it hissed.
Now as you can tell by the longwinded and very basic description I am not much of a car man, but I’d like to have some idea of what I’m getting into as me and my partner are expecting our first child this week and I don’t want to use it if there’s a risk something may happen.