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I put my stock cats back on after removing my cnt high flows and when I started it up and let it run for a few minutes white smoke started

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Old 07-04-2011, 01:34 PM   #1 (permalink)
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I put my stock cats back on after removing my cnt high flows and when I started it up and let it run for a few minutes white smoke started coming out from under the hood. Everything is tight and I can't seem to find where it's coming from or why it's smoking.
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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.
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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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Sounds like WD40 burning off. It'll burn off a whitish smoke and have a distinct smell. It will go away in a couple days.
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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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