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Anonymous Posted on Apr 18, 2009

Ck engine lite on smells like plastic burning

The wife drove it today before I could get home from work and said it smells like olastic burning and smoked a little when shut off any ideas

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Clogged catalytic converter

shack

  • Anonymous Apr 19, 2009

    or some plastic material gut stuck under car perhaps

    shack


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