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Originally Posted by christian370z Did you use any penetrating fluid to loosen the bolts when swapping cats? Can you smell raw exhaust fumes? That is really the only thing I

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Did you use any penetrating fluid to loosen the bolts when swapping cats? Can you smell raw exhaust fumes? That is really the only thing I can think of as even if there was an exhaust leak, you wouldn't be seeing any white smoke.
I had to drill out the demon bolt that broke off and that might have had some wd-40 left on it. So it should just go away after driving a bit?
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I had to drill out the demon bolt that broke off and that might have had some wd-40 left on it. So it should just go away after driving a bit?
I agree with what Q8 said, sounds like you just have some residual WD40 burning off and should go away after a couple drives at most.
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