Originally Posted by
SushiHunter
Is the smoke damage really that serious? Wow, didn't know that. Well, a few years back I did a lot of rebuilding of my classic American Muscle car's engine in my kitchen. That wasn't so bad though I found out the carb cleaner sets smoke detectors off.
Actually, in my case the worst part of the smoke was the plastic on the charger that burned up. But the smoke residue left behind by the batteries is pretty toxic.