What's this smoke and should I be worried? - Toyota Yaris Forums

JayJ · 08-15-2022, 06:28 PM

I'm not a mechanic or really to aware how everything works. I'm 19 and this is my first car and had it for about 5 months.
I parked over to a friends house and when I came back I smelt smoke, popped the hood and seem like something was on fire

My assessment is that piece of the firewall was hanging to low and got caught up into the exhaust manifold and caught fire as it heated up?
Not sure how accurate this is or if this is a deeper issue.
Please assist as I use my car for school and work and would like to resolve this issue asap before/if it gets any worse

Edit: It seems like my gifs turned out as pictures so I will attach Vimeo links of the video I took to take a better look
https://vimeo.com/739794014
https://vimeo.com/739794025

08-15-2022, 06:28 PM	#1
JayJ Drives: Toyota Yaris 2008 Join Date: May 2022 Location: New Providence, The Bahamas Posts: 2	What's this smoke and should I be worried? I'm not a mechanic or really to aware how everything works. I'm 19 and this is my first car and had it for about 5 months. I parked over to a friends house and when I came back I smelt smoke, popped the hood and seem like something was on fire My assessment is that piece of the firewall was hanging to low and got caught up into the exhaust manifold and caught fire as it heated up? Not sure how accurate this is or if this is a deeper issue. Please assist as I use my car for school and work and would like to resolve this issue asap before/if it gets any worse Edit: It seems like my gifs turned out as pictures so I will attach Vimeo links of the video I took to take a better look https://vimeo.com/739794014 https://vimeo.com/739794025 Attached Images