[dannyjones]

Hi all,

I didn't take the car to work today, but as I got home I thought I saw a cat under my car. As I got closer it seemed more like a plastic bag. But when retrieving it, it seems to be a grey plastic filled with some expanding foam, and the bag is labeled urethane foam. It seems to have expanded out of the underside of the car, maybe through a crack in the underbody. Anyone any idea if this is normal? Is it safe to drive? I did an oil change a few days ago... Could it be related at all? What should I do?

I can post a photo if it helps.

Thanks in advance

[335NJ]

Was the plastic bag drifting through the wind?

Your car picked up some debris while driving.

[Douche]

April fools!

[335NJ]

Originally Posted by Douche

April fools!

Hey Douché, do you ever feel like a plastic bag?

[dannyjones]

Heh, I wish it was an April fools.







Maybe it's some expanding foam they used when I had a transmission oil pan replaced?

[335NJ]

Originally Posted by dannyjones

Heh, I wish it was an April fools.







Maybe it's some expanding foam they used when I had a transmission oil pan replaced?

Wut?

I'm not gonna feed this too much, but there's still plastic from the bag melted to the exhaust, which was hot, and explains why when you ran it over it melted to the exhaust while dragging it down the road.

[dannyjones]

Ok fair enough... Just that when I googled bmw urethane foam I did see some post about filling the underside of a car. Not a troll or April fool I promise lol
Thanks

[OP3NAIR]

Those foam bags are used to form fit pack items in boxes. You drove over some road debris and the hot exhaust pipe picked it up. That didnt come from your car.

[drewnel22]

Originally Posted by OP3NAIR

Those foam bags are used to form fit pack items in boxes. You drove over some road debris and the hot exhaust pipe picked it up. That didnt come from your car.

Lol...+1. They wouldn't put that in a car I hope

[Meeni]

This is a road debris, not a part of your car. The plastic on the exhaust will smell really bad for some time. If the smell is too much of an annoyance, you can scrape it with sand paper when the exhaust is cold.

[riziuebru]

Your car picked up some debris while driving.

[Efthreeoh]

Originally Posted by 335NJ

Hey Douché, do you ever feel like a plastic bag?

Now that was funny.

[Efthreeoh]

Originally Posted by OP3NAIR

Those foam bags are used to form fit pack items in boxes. You drove over some road debris and the hot exhaust pipe picked it up. That didnt come from your car.

Winner.