Hi everybody, I know this might be the wrong thread and that this question may already be answered but when I searched using forum tools, I didn't exactly find the same problem. Also I know this is a huge post so I'm really appreciative of anyone's time who tries to help out
I just picked up the cobra in my signature last night but the damned things happened on the drive home.
The car started to smoke a little bit about 2-3 miles after I left the sellers house so I decided to clutch it and coast to the upcoming redlight instead of downshift progressively. As the car came to a stop, the motor died. I tried to turn it on with no luck. Luckily though, a friend of mine tagged along for the sale and was able to push the car onto a 7/11 parking lot. We left it there and headed to an autozone to buy a battery as the seller had said the battery was too old and would likely start dying often.
Installed the battery and the car ran great for a few hours of stop/start short interval driving. (I did drive it about 15 minutes straight right after the install though).
Well, Night time came around and I clicked on the headlights and noticed they were very dim, same with my radio controls. Moments later the engine died while traveling at 35-40mph. I tried to turn it on with no luck. I tried clutch dropping it with terrible luck of tons of white smoke coming out of the exhaust.
Ended up getting the car home but only after 3 jump starts and driving with the headlights off.
Heres what I do know:
-battery is brand new, but is located in the trunk via a relocation kit with a taylor box.
-alternator looks new and has a good amount of coil left.
-car smokes a bit in general due to needing oil restrictor's for the turbos.
-car runs and drives great when headlights/aux/ac are off.
Here are some possible culprits:
-Could their be an issue with ground wiring from the trunk relocation?
-Could the alternator simply be bad? Headlights and aux stereo lights went dim right before the car died everytime.
-Lastly, their was a nitrous kit located in the trunk that was hastily removed by a previous seller, could a ground wire still connected for that kit be shorting out the car?
The kit was a zex 150 shot with a remote actuator and bottle heater so I am pretty sure that a ground wire would have been need as power would have been drawn for those features. The toggles for those features are on the center council near the traction control botton (actuator) and in the center storage unit just south of the cupholders (bottle heater).
And lastly, Here is my main concern:
-while clutching the car at 30mph to try and get it to start up, tons and I mean tons of white smoke came out of the exhaust pipes. A person driving by literally commented "dude dude dude, your cars on fire get out of it!!!" I could see the smoke in the mirrors but just assumed oil was pulled through the turbos and was burning in the exhaust.
Anyways I know this is a really long post so my apologies and thanks for any incite on what could be wrong.
I just picked up the cobra in my signature last night but the damned things happened on the drive home.
The car started to smoke a little bit about 2-3 miles after I left the sellers house so I decided to clutch it and coast to the upcoming redlight instead of downshift progressively. As the car came to a stop, the motor died. I tried to turn it on with no luck. Luckily though, a friend of mine tagged along for the sale and was able to push the car onto a 7/11 parking lot. We left it there and headed to an autozone to buy a battery as the seller had said the battery was too old and would likely start dying often.
Installed the battery and the car ran great for a few hours of stop/start short interval driving. (I did drive it about 15 minutes straight right after the install though).
Well, Night time came around and I clicked on the headlights and noticed they were very dim, same with my radio controls. Moments later the engine died while traveling at 35-40mph. I tried to turn it on with no luck. I tried clutch dropping it with terrible luck of tons of white smoke coming out of the exhaust.
Ended up getting the car home but only after 3 jump starts and driving with the headlights off.
Heres what I do know:
-battery is brand new, but is located in the trunk via a relocation kit with a taylor box.
-alternator looks new and has a good amount of coil left.
-car smokes a bit in general due to needing oil restrictor's for the turbos.
-car runs and drives great when headlights/aux/ac are off.
Here are some possible culprits:
-Could their be an issue with ground wiring from the trunk relocation?
-Could the alternator simply be bad? Headlights and aux stereo lights went dim right before the car died everytime.
-Lastly, their was a nitrous kit located in the trunk that was hastily removed by a previous seller, could a ground wire still connected for that kit be shorting out the car?
The kit was a zex 150 shot with a remote actuator and bottle heater so I am pretty sure that a ground wire would have been need as power would have been drawn for those features. The toggles for those features are on the center council near the traction control botton (actuator) and in the center storage unit just south of the cupholders (bottle heater).
And lastly, Here is my main concern:
-while clutching the car at 30mph to try and get it to start up, tons and I mean tons of white smoke came out of the exhaust pipes. A person driving by literally commented "dude dude dude, your cars on fire get out of it!!!" I could see the smoke in the mirrors but just assumed oil was pulled through the turbos and was burning in the exhaust.
Anyways I know this is a really long post so my apologies and thanks for any incite on what could be wrong.
