Header Install light smoke after
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Header Install light smoke after
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?
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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.
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ahhhh i want my new motor put in
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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.
OP,
Before tossing your 02's, check the plug wires. If nothing is found and the stumble persists then get the PCM scanned.
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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...
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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.
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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.
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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.