New exhausts tend to smell a bit odd for a little while, it's perfectly normal. It should go away soon once everything burns off

 

New exhausts tend to smell a bit odd for a little while, it's perfectly normal. It should go away soon once everything burns off

This is true. The new exhaust on my MR2 had a coolant-like smell for about a day or two. The smell is mostly the result of the burning off of cleaning agents used before the exhaust is packed and shipped.

The check engine light, however, is another story. Pull the code and see what it says.

 

i wouldnt worry about it just yet, go to autozone and get the CEL checked, i bet you is a dead 02 sensor, i which case just buy the 45 dollar bosch or ngk brand which are plug and play and you should be fine. A new exhaust can smell odd for a week or two. But i bet you anything that the o2 sensro got messed up while it was out, they are fairly sensative

 

As others have said, the tubing is usually coated with chemicals to prevent corrosion or whatever else. These will go away in a few days. If the smell remains, it is likely tied to something else.

I suggest visiting AutoZone or whatever and getting the code looked at.

 

New exhausts tend to smell a bit odd for a little while, it's perfectly normal. It should go away soon once everything burns off

x2 x3 x4

mine smelled weird for like 3 days. . . no biggy

 

I hope you guys are not putting your noses to the exhaust.

 

I hope you guys are not putting your noses to the exhaust.

the correct way would be to waft the exhaust up to your nose with your hand so you don't get a straight shot of it directly up your nose.

 

naaa i put my head in the pipe and take a good long smell lol jk i got the same exhaust and it smelled sweet for like 2 or 3 days its all good

 

the correct way would be to waft the exhaust up to your nose with your hand so you don't get a straight shot of it directly up your nose.

So you had to watch that movie in chemistry too lol...but it's pretty apparent that the exhaust smells funny for a few days after you get it as everything is burned off.

 

Quote: shore96teg on Jul/16/08the correct way would be to waft the exhaust up to your nose with your hand so you don't get a straight shot of it directly up your nose.

So you had to watch that movie in chemistry too lol...but it's pretty apparent that the exhaust smells funny for a few days after you get it as everything is burned off.

woooooooow you just took me back to like 5th grade lol.

 

yea that movie was gay lol and yea just give it time and after about a week go back out and check if it still smells sweet you got a problem

 

woooooooow you just took me back to like 5th grade lol.

Man, you must have been a genius...I didn't get chemistry until my sophomore year of hs, and I thought I was smart

 

Same story for my motorcycle when I got my Yoshimura exhaust. x5 it's just stuff to keep it from corroding and what not.

 

reset your ecu and wait a few days to see if the cel comes back...ive been driving around with a secondary 02 sensor ecu for years now because of my test pipe = /

 

I remember wen I got my WS2 the 1st few days it smelled like burning sugar in my car. HHHMMMM!

Wen I got my buddy club is only smeeled like burnt sugar the 1st day.

 

WOOOT!!! i was having nightmares last night of the money i don't have to fix a blown head gasket. lol,
and thats exactly the smell i am having i95dc2, il go check the code today if i get a chance.(work) il let you guys know what happened soon.
thanks allot to all you chemist

 

UPDATE!!!

i finally got a chance to go to my buddy's and look at the "check engine" light code. as i hoped it was:

P0135
41
Primary HO2S Heater Circuit Malfunction (Sensor 1)

and

P0141
65
Secondary HO2S Heater Circuit Malfunction (Sensor 2)

im guessing that it was because i turned the car on while the cat was off (to get to work) and the light just stayed on after it was re-connected. well we reseted the code and its stayed off all day
thank you TI.net for the great info, this is a grate sight

*(engine codes found HERE)