Today, I received the CF B-pillar, Sidemirror accent, and emblem filler from pinnacleliquid. It was great, sticked on and stay there as if it was came out from factory stock.
I loved the look, and decided to take a quick run to the lake, (there is a nice twisty road on the way to the lake) and took some gorgeous pictures at the lake at sunset. On the way back, I suddenly smelled something's burning, and the gray smoke was coming out from the engine. The oil temperature was totall normal, and I didn't even push the car all that hard. (There were numbers of cars that were preventing me from go all mad ) I quickly got back to my apartment parking lot, and the smoke kept coming out from the engine. It was exactly coming from the throttle body attacthed to the intake plenum, and where it is also hooked up to the Injen CAI pipe. I have no idea why it comes out, and what problem it has. Is it something to do with CAI? I didn't even fully install the CAI. Now I hooked up the upper part, which makes it a short ram intake. (Been like that for 4 month, 3700 miles now) Everything was fine until this evening. Does it something to do with fluid burning? It smells like either rubber is burning, or the oil (newbie so can't really distinguish, but it didn't smell THAT bad) I checked underneath the car, and something was dripping down there. I suspected the engine oil leakage since I just changed the oil at the dealer last Friday, possibly they didn't close the cap tight enough, so I checked the dipstick and they were fine. I didn't feel the difference of the engine performance, and the sound difference either.

The point is, the smoke was coming out from where throttle body and the intake pipe was attached. Or maybe somewhere underneath. And I can't find out what that dripping underneath the car is. Exactly what is located underneath the throttle body and intake pipe? Maybe smoke is coming out from there?
Anyway, I'll bring the car (or maybe tow it suggestions?) to the dealer tomorrow morning and find out what's wrong, but I just wanted to hear some experts comments about this.

Hopefully it isn't that serious...and dealer won't ***** me for having aftermarket intake and the problem is caused of that....

 

Also, my friend commented that it might be the timing belt or something is slipping maybe because it could be loosened, and creating smoke because of that, but I doubt it somehow. Aren't the belts are located the front part of the engine? The smoke was coming out from further back inside of the engine, so I don't know.

 

sounds like an oil leak, and its hitting the hot engine which will create smoke... I would put your factory air box back on before you go to the dealer.

 

The valve covers are know to leak and that is the area that they normally leak at. If you pull off your MAF and look under it you will probably see motor oil if thats the case, no big deal you can drive it to the dealer.

 

Hmm... thanx for the advice! Now I see some lights... I gotta check those stuff out as soon as the sun rises tomorrow morning and maybe put the stock airfilter box back on...but the thing is I already had 3 services from the dealer and they KNOW that I have aftermarket Intake... well... no biggie anyway...

 

There have been a few people with cover leaks, myself included. They are on the side where the intake is and hard to see so they probably just didn't see them as they would have no reason to look down there. I saw mine just by chance when I was installing the intake, it was still small yours just probably got enough to leak on a manifold and burn.

I wouldn't worry about taking the intake off.