A leaking heater core. oil is leaking on the engine and is burning and beining drawn in by the vent or the blower motor is going out Are you sure it's smoke or is it steam? If your windows are steaming up and it smells like maple syrup , your heater core is probably leaking.
smoke coming from a/c vent indicates that the heater core is leaking and needs to be replaced.this smoke is hot antifreeze, it will not cause a fire but it does stink and will eventually cause car to overheat
The heater core or air conditioning core is broken and leaking fluid into the heating unit. simple to fix. just install a new heater core.
It is probably steam coming from a leaky heater core.
your heater core is leaking anitfreeze! heatercoreleaks antifreeze into the heater & ac vents causing a burnt spell & oily film on the front window.
The "antifreeze smell out the AC vents" would mean only one thing, you have a small leak in the heater core.
Check for vacuum leak either under hood or under dash Check for bad vacuum actuator under dash Defrost is the default setting
Check for vacuum leak either under hood or under dash Check for bad vacuum motor underdash Check for bad selector switch
The ac belt has a tensioner that is accessed from below, and takes a tensioner tool to loosen. Remove the serpentine belt, release tension on the ac belt then the belt can come off for replacement.
If that smoke is more like steam, you have a leaky heater core.
Is it smoke or is it atomized freon leaking from the AC system? If it fogs the windshield and smells funny, you may have a leak in the AC/Heater system.
The heater core is leaking coolant.
Nope, that would be steam.
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Just a thought - - - It MAY not be smoke. You could have a pinhole leak in the heater coil which allows vaporized engine coolant to spray into the car via the A/C vents.
Dirty ductwork and/or filters...
broken blend door
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Return air vents.........
this kind of thing happens in my durango when i have the ac on and its humid inside the car.
I am sorry, I am not technical on this stuff, but we had the same problem on our 95 Mustang GT. We had to take it into the dealer and the problem was that one of the hoses had come loose, so it was not blowing enough air pressure to force the vents open.