Let's be optimistic that it was a coolant leak that caused the problem. White smoke without a lot of smell tends towards coolant. Dark stinky smoke tends towards oil. Hoping for the best for you, Nick -----Original Message----- From: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of daviddcalifornia Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 3:34 PM To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [DML] Did my engine blow up? Fire/smoke?! I recentley bought a 1981 Dmc with 15k miles on it. The car is not in the best of shape to say the least. Anyway I drove it over the holidays with not too much trouble and put 1k miles on it. [moderator snip] To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/