[V8] Help!! Smoke from the steering column?

[Maurice Greven]

 Sounds like the Connector of the multifunction switch to me...Were you
running with the headlamps on at the time of the smoke?  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: v8-bounces at audifans.com 
> [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Tony and Lillie
> Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 9:27 PM
> To: v8 at audifans.com
> Subject: [V8] Help!! Smoke from the steering column?
> 
> So, I'm on vacation in Las Vegas, about 1200 miles from home 
> (Oklahoma). I'm driving in town today, and out of the blue 
> the wipers start going, then the steering column starts 
> smoking. WTF? I still have the top cover removed , so I could 
> see it was coming from one of the plugs on the right. I 
> pulled the intermittent relay, and it quit smoking. Is there 
> a common problem associated with this? I've been on the list 
> for a while and don't remember seeing this before, but I'm 
> hoping someone will console me and say "yeah, that's 
> simple-this is all you have to do". Why do I get the feeling 
> that's a pipe dream. 
> 
> I knew I should have left the V8 at home and brought the 
> 4000Q. Last time to Vegas the V8 blew the PS pump, and it 
> took 40-50 quarts of ATF to get home (stop every hour-add two quarts).
> 
> Some adventure :)
> 
> Tony
> 
> P.S. I'm also the guy with the broken van and bent valves on 
> the other V8 :(  Baaaaaaad Karma 
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