I went to fire up my engine for the first time the other day and started noticing smoke coming from the back side of my engine. At first I thought I had a short in the harness, but come to find out my ground strap from the block to the firewall was extremely hot and was the source of the smoke.
So, I checked all my grounds and even added another ground from my block to the frame. This stopped the smoke I was originally getting, but the ground strap from the block to the firewall is still getting pretty warm to the touch. It's not nearly as bad before I added the extra ground, but I'm still concerned about it. I did paint the firewall and was thinking maybe that strap is got a weak ground, but I'd hate to mess up my pretty paint job if I don't have to.
Any ideas what may be causing this or what else I can do? I'm positive my battery and block now all have good grounds, so I'm needing a little help figuring this out.
So, I checked all my grounds and even added another ground from my block to the frame. This stopped the smoke I was originally getting, but the ground strap from the block to the firewall is still getting pretty warm to the touch. It's not nearly as bad before I added the extra ground, but I'm still concerned about it. I did paint the firewall and was thinking maybe that strap is got a weak ground, but I'd hate to mess up my pretty paint job if I don't have to.
Any ideas what may be causing this or what else I can do? I'm positive my battery and block now all have good grounds, so I'm needing a little help figuring this out.