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Originally Posted by Glenfield
Scary moment when car was new to me. Started the car after winter storage at a friends garage. Car had sat for ~4 months. I foolishly hopped in and cranked without building oil pressure. Didn’t turn over on first or second try. Car roars to life on the third but thick smoke clearly seeping into cabin from the engine bay. I grab the extinguisher and race to the rear and definitely smoke but no visible fire or source. It was a burned metallic smell, not fuel. After much probing, I notice the tail light is out and wonder whether it shorted and burned up and created the smoke and smell? Had a friend start the car while a couple of us stood ready with extinguishers and nothing.
To this day, I wonder what that was. Was I smelling the folly of not properly waking the car up from its slumber? How sinister could that smell have been?
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Was the engine mounted fresh air blower on?
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-911-technical-forum/934718-electrical-smoke-interior-blower-1986-3-2-a.html