Post if you have MAC MID LENGTHS and your car makes blue smoke!!!
06-10-2006, 05:32 PM
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Post if you have MAC MID LENGTHS and your car makes blue smoke!!! i have mac mids and am considering different headers after reading all the posts about people with these headers and for some odd reason them causing oil consumption 
either way still changing the headers or going back to stock manifolds but just wanted to see. 
either way still changing the headers or going back to stock manifolds but just wanted to see. 
06-10-2006, 06:41 PM
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I have Macs and NO smoking. I remember this issue was being debated years ago...I don't remember if there was ever an outcome.
Personally, I fail to see how a set of headers could cause an engine to burn oil.
Personally, I fail to see how a set of headers could cause an engine to burn oil.
06-10-2006, 06:56 PM
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I had Mac's and a smoking problem. Nothing a new set of heads didnt fix. I too find it funny that a exhaust manifold could cause a smoking complaint. The only thing I see through my shop would be if you took you cats off. I had cars that I had taken cats off then started to have a slight smoke complaint. Because the cats covered it up.
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It should have nothing to do with exhaust. Trending Topics
06-10-2006, 10:20 PM
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yeah ive heard piston ring flutter, pcv which i am getting a catch can for, and valve guides which i doubt, funny thing is the car still runs like a scalded dog and its just for a second its not like it does it in every gear is just a poof at WOT.
06-11-2006, 11:00 AM
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Originally Posted by orangeapeel
You would think that it is just blow by that was causing the problem. I still have a really hard time believing that it is caused by headers.
06-11-2006, 11:15 AM
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Originally Posted by just1news6
yeah ive heard piston ring flutter, pcv which i am getting a catch can for, and valve guides which i doubt, funny thing is the car still runs like a scalded dog and its just for a second its not like it does it in every gear is just a poof at WOT.
Sounds like a PCV issue to me