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Greg Krieger Posted on Dec 27, 2013
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Smoke around battery and electrical smell also

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Smoke is generally associated with heat, possibly wiring trapped and shorting out. Get it checked out by a garage, batteries are extremely dangerous, they are filled with sulphuric acid that give off Hydrogen gas when charging and discharging (this smells like bad eggs) If this is the smell, a spark or light could cause an explosion and cause you serious damage, best course of action get an experienced opinion. (Please)

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Do not leave the car in the garage without the battery disconnected until you locate the source of the smoke, the best tool to find the smoke's source is your nose, smell the area around the source of the smoke, if you smell a really nauseating smell you found it, then look for signs of burnt wires or burnt components, also look for any oil that may have caused the smoke, but I doubt that was the source, this sounds electrical. I know of no problems for your car that would cause this, so most likely it is not a common problem.
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