# 2013 Kia Soul - Smoke

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2013-kia-soul-smoke/157847>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** kia\
**Created:** [February 3, 2020, 3:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2013-kia-soul-smoke/157847 "2020-02-03T15:57:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![PaulJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d78d45/32.png) [@PaulJ](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PaulJ)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 3:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2013-kia-soul-smoke/157847/1 "2020-02-03T15:57:32Z")

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My Kia Soul has 90k miles on Iran’s has developed a bit of a smoking problem. About 5-10 minutes into my drive, smoke starts pouring from under the hood, it smells really bad (like a combination of burnt toast and melting rubber.

I recently changed the oil in my Kia Soul and spilled a little on to the engine as I was doing so. I mopped it up as best I could, but I’m sure a splash got somewhere I can’t reach. I know you’re going to tell me the smoke is from the spilled oil, but I’m not convinced - it smells very different to burning oil and seems to be coming from the opposite side of the engine. Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 4:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2013-kia-soul-smoke/157847/2 "2020-02-03T16:21:17Z")

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Yes , I have an idea . Have an independent shop look at this before you have a fire. It can’t be seen over the web ( I tried ) . It might not be serious but why take a chance.