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Old Aug 14, 2019 | 01:45 PM
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Puff of white smoke

I was going down the highway this afternoon. Was in 6th gear going about 65mph. When i tried to speed up, the coop felt like it didn't want to accelerate. As I continued to press of the gas, there was a soft "poof" noise and a puff of white "smoke". After that the car seemed to respond correctly. I drove about 15miles home and it did not happen again.
This might have happened a couple of weeks ago but it was subtle enough that I brushed it off.
Any ideas what could be happening? Not sure if it is related but I have a P0420 code that I am trying to deal with.
 
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Old Aug 14, 2019 | 02:08 PM
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Originally Posted by ijourneaux
I was going down the highway this afternoon. Was in 6th gear going about 65mph. When i tried to speed up, the coop felt like it didn't want to accelerate. As I continued to press of the gas, there was a soft "poof" noise and a puff of white "smoke". After that the car seemed to respond correctly. I drove about 15miles home and it did not happen again.
This might have happened a couple of weeks ago but it was subtle enough that I brushed it off.
Any ideas what could be happening? Not sure if it is related but I have a P0420 code that I am trying to deal with.
This sounds like what happened when my R53's OEM crank pulley failed. Did the white smoke come from the bonnet?
 
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Old Aug 14, 2019 | 02:28 PM
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Puff came out the exhaust. My coop is a 2004 R53
 
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