Installed headers is it normal to create a lot of smoke?

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Jan 20, 2007 | 05:34 PM

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From: DE La Ware

Installed headers is it normal to create a lot of smoke?

Like the title says. Started the car with open headers and when you give it a lil gas a ton of gray/black smoke comes out. Kinda hard to tell what color at night

Jan 20, 2007 | 05:37 PM

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mine did the same thing i was thinking its normal because theres no cats and thats raw fuel coming out

Jan 20, 2007 | 05:39 PM

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Im hoping its normal. I have to check the plug wires again though. Its hard to get some of these MSD's to click

Jan 20, 2007 | 05:47 PM

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Im hoping its normal. I have to check the plug wires again though. Its hard to get some of these MSD's to click

Some smoke is normal at first. Whenever you install new exhaust, the metal pipes have residue inside of them, which burns off. Basically it just needs to be broken in. You will also notice that it will smell funny for the first few miles as well, its normal.

If its still smoking after you have driven it for a while, then you might have an issue with something else.

Jan 20, 2007 | 05:56 PM

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Thanks guys. I let it sit for a bit and restarted it and it seems the smoke died down. If I didnt get out of that garage it would have seemed like I commited suicide with all those fumes. They did give me a instant headache...

Jan 20, 2007 | 07:14 PM

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you'll get fumes for sure and if they are coated... the coating has a break-in smoke until every settles in. and for the future... if you install hi flow cats, they will smoke and have a burning brake smell to them.