white smoke from the back of the car

Discussion in 'Technical' started by wirafals, Aug 6, 2011.

  1. wirafals

    wirafals New Member

    driving back from perth to mandurah, i give the car a little bit "push" every now and then. when i got in to my garage, i notice there are smoke coming out from the back of my car (not the back of engine) and not from the exhaust. it's enough to make my garage foggy. it's coming from close to right rear tyre, but not from the break. and i notice the car vibrate little bit when idle, eventhough the RPM is in normal (around 750-800).
    the smoke smell like something burning, but not like rubber, and not like oil, i don't know how to describe, it's just smell different.
    any idea what have i done to my car?
    my car is 1990 300zx NA Auspec Auto.
    P.S. I just got it serviced couple weeks ago.
     
  2. Nick89

    Nick89 Member

    did you get the rotors changed on the rears
    you tend to find if the rotors arnt cleaned properly before instal when ever you do some heavy braking they will burn the chemical off, wont last for long tho and to my knowledge it dosnt do any damage
     
  3. wirafals

    wirafals New Member

    no, i didn't change any rotors. the smoke didn't come out from the break.
     
  4. zedman

    zedman Member

    maybe you left the hand brake on even a little???
     
  5. ZX1990

    ZX1990 2+2 TT Manual

    Diff seal leaking onto the exhaust maybe?
     
  6. awgazm

    awgazm Active Member

    who serviced the car?? this could shed some light on things...
     
  7. TWIN TERROR

    TWIN TERROR Well-Known Member

    When my car was smoking ( when i bought it ) it was caused by having no x or H pipe. The smell was very strange sort of chemical like. Probably not your problem but when you mentioned the funny smell it reminded me of this.
    Cheers Dave
     

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