Originally Posted by vwnate1

Remember : it takes a while to re charge the battery so don't go test starting it, only start it if you're going to drive it 20 minutes or more .

Originally Posted by Diseasel300

Next time you're getting the smoke/exhaust/whatever coming up into the engine bay like that, crawl under the car and find out where it's coming from. It should be pretty obvious where the leak is because you should see the smoke/steam/whatever coming out where the breach is. The 126 has a flange connection sort of under the passenger foot area next to the transmission. There's a sort of "donut" seal in there and I had mine come loose and leak like crazy. Mine was due to misalignment when I reassembled the exhaust, tightening the bolts took care of it. I'd be looking for the exhaust leak, I can't stand the smell of exhaust in the cabin!