sdotlog

Ok after putting on the coated tri-y s headers from CIA I fired her up and after running for 30 secs light smoke out of pass side. It does have the egr hookup. It stumbles when idling. The air isn't hooked up and going to have that deleted. Any suggestions?

Formula350

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If you're talking about it smoking out of the exhaust, then I'd have to say oil in them from shipping unless you sprayed them out extremely well with brake cleaner. That or it's the coating curing.

4THGENCAMAROFAN

X2 on the coating curing and oil. Pretty normal on new headers.

sdotlog

ok. I was worried for a second. Its the coat curing then. for the idling stubling a little bit would be due to the air pump having nothing hooked up to correct?

Badazz 97 TA

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not really, probably most likely a burnt plug wire

the_merv

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Sounds like all the crap burning off of them from handling.
I'd check the Plug Wires aswell for a reason for the miss.

Formula350

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I'd think it'd be the wonderful reading the O2s are getting with the crap burning off inside

sdotlog

plugs and wires are good.

yea didn't think of that...

ahhhh i want my new motor put in

93TAJ.C.

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Ion at mad z28 told me that the coating will kill the o2's if the headers are new.

MTBSully

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probs just the grease from your hands burning off. Happens everytime i work around my LT headers

the_merv

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Happened to me.. new Headers killed my O2's in my Stroker Motor when I put it in. From now on when I put new Headers on I'm heating them up without the O2's in them.

dlk1950

Same thing happened to me.

SS RRR

iTrader: (2)

Weird how all of the sudden everyone is having problems with their 02's burning out after a coated header install. This wasn't a problem a few years ago and now it's chronic.

OP,
Before tossing your 02's, check the plug wires. If nothing is found and the stumble persists then get the PCM scanned.

sdotlog

ugh... luckily i didnt take off with the car this morning. i took a closer look and one of the plug boots is arcing on the driver side header. and yea i wasn't thinking about running the headers for a bit without the 02 sensors, now im probably out of 4 o2 sensors great just keep on spending money as i get closer on getting my le2 motor put in...

sdotlog

forget it... im not about to take the headers cats and exhaust apart so i can get to that plug and replace it... its obviously dangerous driving the damn thing arching so ill just have the damn car sit untill that motor is ready... it just sucks when not having to work on your car and when you can squeeze out time to do so, another thing screws up... just gotta cross my fingers that it stays nice out here so i can just ride my streetbike until she runs fine again.

CamaroRacing12

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if its a lot of smoke esp when u get on it... check the oil dipstick tube... could be broken

Formula350

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If I can do the plugs with my stock manifolds on, you can do yours with headers which makes it 10x easier

sdotlog

Yea, maybe i'm just making it difficult than it seems. On a good note I will have my LE2 Heads/Intake in today

HoLLo

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Mine smoked a little after my first header install. Some of it probably was from the coating for shipping, the rest would be from all the grease on your hands when handling the headers.

sdotlog

Thanks guys, got her handled. pulled the plug off and there was a tray wire hanging out of the base of the boot, pulled it off and plugged back in. Viola no more studdering idle.