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RXG-7 06-12-2005 01:08 AM

Tonight i started driving to a little meeting with some car buddies of mine, i stopped a a light and smoke started pouring into my car from the boot. it smelled like plastic or rubber was burning. My engine bay was not the source of the smoke, i looked underneath my car, and found the smoke. I couldnt tell exactly what was causing it, any possibilities??? It seemed to maybe be coming from right after the downpipe. Earlier in the night i was working on something and dropped an allen key down the boot into the black abyss, couldnt retrieve it. Doubt that would smoke it up, and i also just installed my apexi boost controller, ive only been runnign at 10-11 psi for like 1 day now, so any sufggestions or soltions would be awesome, thanks yall Ian

qwester007 06-12-2005 01:41 AM

Did you check the rubber hose that runs from your wastegate to your newly installed boost controller?

Fd3BOOST 06-12-2005 07:37 PM

Clogged cat? Exhaust leak maybe?

RXG-7 06-13-2005 05:58 PM

yeh i was thinking it was maybe a clauged cat. Correct me if im wrong but, my mechanic took off my air pump, and im running a downpipe to stock pipes to apexi exhaust, so i still have stock cat on. I was told by some knowledgeable folk that without the airpump u should have the stock cat on because it doesnt push the air through sufficiently, causing cloggage?? am i wrong and speaking like a moron, if so would i eliminate the problem with going 3 inches straight off the downpipe to exhaust? thanks yall

nopistons94 06-13-2005 06:39 PM

your cat will clog within 5k miles without a proper airpump


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