My turn now, guys.
Yesterday I returned home from a trip of about 180 miles. Ok, left the car idling for 5 minutes to cool down and then parked it in the garage.
Then I noticed a small crack in the windshield of about 0.20 inch. Great.
While I was inspecting it, I heard a cracking noise that I never heard before. We hear cracking noises when the engine cools down, but this one was a little louder. Didn't gave much importance, because I was more concerned about the windshield.
Today in the morning I started the engine and there's a rattling noise. I open the hood, and there's smoke coming from the turbo area! Yes, smoke!
Took it for a ride, turbo seems fine so it's a cracked manifold for certain. And yes, I heard it when it cracked. How about that?
My car has now 65k miles and 5 years.Don't know about the warranty around here (Portugal) on this component. Let's hope it's covered.
If anyone knows if this warranty thing it's a global thing, I appreciate the information.