biggie wrote:Usually towing a MT car in neutral isn't an issue. Possible some liquid is hitting something hot?
Not even with the drive wheels on the ground, or is that just for automatics?
What really bothers me with this whole thing is the fact that the car did nothing when I went to 2nd gear... A buddy of mine told me that if I can put it in gear and move the car freely as if it were in neutral that the trans was toast, but I tried it and the car wouldn't budge, so that is a good sign.
The smoke is not very thick, nor is it oily, which I guess are good things. It's really pretty light, kind of like when you blow out a candle. I thought maybe it was something like that, maybe some liquid had dropped onto something, but I can't see anything on or around the engine that would be hitting anything hot.
When I put the engine back together, I sprayed the exhaust mani with high temp paint, as well as the downpipe. Could it be the paint kind of baking onto the metal or something?