something died in my car but I duno what

[predrag1]

so this morning I sit in my car and put the key in, i turn it and I hear a loud bang, next thing I see some smoke coming up from under the hood and I smell burning rubber

I open the hood and it came from the circled area below(picture below)

smoke was gone after a few seconds and the car had no problems starting after that, any ideas??

http://img481.imageshack.us/img481/4343/mercedesbenzc230enginezw3.jpg

^^^ not my engine, random pic from google

[97C28O]

Isnt that the fuse box?

[jnenad16]

thats your fuse/relay box. check the fuses, maybe one of them blew up.

nenad

[predrag1]

how bad is that?

[jnenad16]

if there was smoke, Id say pretty bad. you wont know until you take a look in there.

nenad

[RemoLexi]

any coolent leaks ?

[predrag1]

I didn't notice anything, I drove the car after that and everything was fine

[OzC36]

predrag1,

The photo you supplied looks like a RHD car. Since you live in a country that drives on the "wrong" side of the road, I assume that you have a LHD car?

Surely you have a digital camera or at least a cell phone that takes pictures?

[trymonlam]

ur thread title really sounded scary for a while. i thought some animal went into your car and died and u can't find the body.
well, do upload a pic of the problem area of your car, and like nenad said, check the fuse box.

[Section 8]

^^lol

fuse box butmine is on the other side how loud was it oculd you hear a bang when u was sititng in the car with doors closed

cos that would haveto be prity loud

[predrag1]

it was pretty damn loud, ill try to get a picture later

lol @ trymonlam :D

and thats right, the pic I showed isnt right, its swiched around, the area where the sound came from is on the right side of my car, in this case(pic above) its on the left

[Nelson Lago]

ya i thought the same thing wen i saw the thred (cool a felo massachuetts club 202 member) but ya does all your electronics work check them

[predrag1]

this just happened again, got into the car, turned on the lights since it was dark, put the key in, turned it and bang, smoke came from under the hood and it smelled like urning rubber, I popped the hood and everything seemed normal, car started after that

[Section 8]

im sorry pre but this is funny to me.....u sure its not back firing if you have had 2 big bangs and smoke...how can everything be normal......or is this your 202 showing how hard it is