Smoke in the cabin

[Yertis]

Had a slightly alarming experience yesterday in the Monaro. Was heading back down the M4 when a sudden blast of smoke of the 'burning electric component' variety came pouring out of the drivers-side face vent. Quickly started to pull over, expecting to have to bale out and watch the inevitable conflagration, but as suddenly as it had started the smoke stopped and normal service resumed. Maybe sudden swearing extinguished it. Weird. Just wondering what it could be? The outside temp was 31 degrees and I had the A/C on 'C' so that was working quite hard I guess – maybe momentary belt slip or something? Odd that it was coming from just the one vent too.

Didn't recur on the rest of the drive home, but think I'll invest in an extinguisher.

[Yertis]

Good point re the fuse box – I'll take a look tonight.

[Yertis]

Sound words Arnie from someone who obviously knows of what the speak. But it would be pretty heartbreaking to just stand there and watch the old girl burn, after all we've been through.

I'll get the guys at MF to give it a good check over, it needs booking in anyway.

[Yertis]

Definitely not in mine.

[Yertis]

SturdyHSV said:

Yep, mounted in that clip on the left. Unsure what type of extinguisher it is, hopefully a powder one so suitable for all types of fire (and hilariously messy, if effective!)

I have never seen this extinguisher, or the clip. Maybe it's just a VXR thing?