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Old 04-06-2006, 11:52 PM
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When my car shifts it throws some long *** sparks out of the x-pipe. WTF does that mean??
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Maybe they're flames?
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no they are sparks... i drove it for him so he could see for his self... very strange
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yah, i have never seen that on a car before...flames but not sparks
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I've seen it when the muffler was going and bits were flying out. I'll bet it really sprays sparks when downshifting hard... If no mufflers, maybe you're torching the cats...
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its a wide open headers to open x-pipe... that's why we cant figure it out??
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Uh... that can't be good... "sparks" are metal... so somethings throwin powder and it's burnin out
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Yeah, sparks have got to be steel or iron filings. Unless its carbon burning off and blowing out, but I doubt it would continue to happen. Id try a compression test to make sure its not a ring or liner problem.
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