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2005 Honda Accord EX V6 with 100,000 miles. I was having battery issues. Had already replaced 1 battery (was still under warranty). Had the alternator checked on 3 different occasions and found no issues. Battery would completely drain over night when doing short drives in town. Would be fine after long drives. So here is what happened:
Left my car running in the parking lot at work to get some files. While inside the building, everyone heard a loud popping/sizzling sound outside. My car was smoking. Powered it off. Had it towed in and found the fan relays were bad on both fans. This was also causing the drain on the battery.
The debate is what was being extracted when it was overheating. Also why would my temp cage in not move at all during this time? Mechanic says it was antifreeze. The liquid was not hot and was pushed out near the bottom of the engine. Could be power steering or brake fluid? No way it was antifreeze as it was not hot or warm at all. I have even had someone tell me it was the A/C release valve that pushed out A/C oil? All I know it was loud enough to bring everyone out of the building. Smoked but stopped smoking as soon as I turned off the car. We did re-produce it 1 more time before we had it towed and had the same results. Just don't know what the fluid was?
Left my car running in the parking lot at work to get some files. While inside the building, everyone heard a loud popping/sizzling sound outside. My car was smoking. Powered it off. Had it towed in and found the fan relays were bad on both fans. This was also causing the drain on the battery.
The debate is what was being extracted when it was overheating. Also why would my temp cage in not move at all during this time? Mechanic says it was antifreeze. The liquid was not hot and was pushed out near the bottom of the engine. Could be power steering or brake fluid? No way it was antifreeze as it was not hot or warm at all. I have even had someone tell me it was the A/C release valve that pushed out A/C oil? All I know it was loud enough to bring everyone out of the building. Smoked but stopped smoking as soon as I turned off the car. We did re-produce it 1 more time before we had it towed and had the same results. Just don't know what the fluid was?