Went back to stock, smoke?
10-01-2011, 02:58 PM
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Went back to stock, smoke?
So I just went back to stock and turned on the car and white smoke came from under my hood. Upon closer inspection it seems to be coming from somewhere on my header. My car is MY06 if that makes a difference. Does anyone know if there are other openings on the header besides the part that attaches to the engine and to the cat, as well as the o2? I was looking but couldn't see the exact culprit. It definitely was not coming from the cat joint or where it meets the engine. Any help is greatly appreciated!
10-01-2011, 03:11 PM
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So I just went back to stock and turned on the car and white smoke came from under my hood. Upon closer inspection it seems to be coming from somewhere on my header. My car is MY06 if that makes a difference. Does anyone know if there are other openings on the header besides the part that attaches to the engine and to the cat, as well as the o2? I was looking but couldn't see the exact culprit. It definitely was not coming from the cat joint or where it meets the engine. Any help is greatly appreciated!
10-01-2011, 03:27 PM
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Yeah I think its not anything bad now. I thought that too but was unsure since this header wasn't new and had been on my car previously.. i just tightened a few bolts a bit and just ran it with very little smoke, gonna check again just to be sure before I put all the heat shields back on and bring it off the jacks. Thanks!
10-02-2011, 12:19 PM
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Just bolt ons. Header/Intake/exhaust. I think it could possibly be a mixture of things including PB blaster. It smoked a little when I just drove it but was not overheating or anything and it was just coming from the joints (where I used PB blaster on all of them). I'll keep this updated though but I think it's all good.
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10-03-2011, 03:54 PM
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Last time something like this happened to me I had a ceased catalytic converter. I'd pull the cat and make sure the comb is not melted.
That said, if it's not the cat, you've added good bit of back pressure. Maybe it's the gasket.
That said, if it's not the cat, you've added good bit of back pressure. Maybe it's the gasket.
10-03-2011, 05:23 PM
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I just installed my stock header also and it did the same thing I drove it around after letting it idle for about ten mins and it stopped its just dirt and random stuff from it sitting up I believe I burned a few leaves also haha thought I cleaned it good enough but guess not hopefully yours went away like mine did stock header doesn't sound near as nice at vtec as my amuse header
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