Is it normal for the car to stink after adding H pipe and Cat back?

[Canzokid]

I was just wondering because its sure got a funky smell to it.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

Did you remove the cats? If so it is normal.

 

[Canzokid]

Did you remove the cats? If so it is normal.

I actually got Catted H-pipes. It almost like a burning smell. Not as strong as plastic though. Like a burning metal. Maybe because the H pipe was coated black?

 

[Kilgore Trout]

Yeah it is probably excess coating and oils burning off the new metal.

I would check the wires to your O2 sensors and make sure they are not melting though, do a visual inspection under there.

 

[Gearbanger 101]

If it's that crappy new anti-rust coating Mac puts on their exhaust systems.....yeah, wait a few miles till it burns off and it won't smell anymore.

 

[Canzokid]

Yeah it is a MAC and I think I found out what it was. MAC gives you a gasket for the passenger side connection to the header. I think its fusing into place.

 

[propellerhead]

It will be hardly noticeable in two weeks. Maybe totally gone in a month. That's on my daily driver.

 

[roushowner4life]

It also smells like un burnt fuel. Any chance that an O/R pipe can cause damage to my motor? Or as long as my pre cat o2 sensors are in place everything will be okay?

 

[SigmaPride]

It won't cause damage to your motor. Without cats you will definately smell unburned fuel. Even with high flow cats, you will probably smell some since they flow better than the stock cats. IE they don't build up as much heat and burn up the fuel before it gets out.

 

[TacBear]

If you only have 2 cats that means you will have that smell until they heat up. The reason it didn't smell before is because you had 4 cats, the 2 close to the engine where "light off cats" which means they heat up almost imeadiately.

 

[thomas91169]

i dont understand the point of getting a h/x pipe with cats. if your car is stock with 4 cats, a h/x pipe with 2 high flow ones does not make it any more legal. youre gonna have to swap it for the stocker come smog time anyways, cause the tech will count them, so might as well make it worth the while.

but most times you do exhaust work, there is a smell, be it welds or oils or what have you.

 

[Hal0ofWINT3R]

does it smell like beef flavor ramen noodles? ha, j/k. it's the stuff mac puts on. it will go away.

 

[propellerhead]

i dont understand the point of getting a h/x pipe with cats. if your car is stock with 4 cats, a h/x pipe with 2 high flow ones does not make it any more legal. youre gonna have to swap it for the stocker come smog time anyways, cause the tech will count them, so might as well make it worth the while.

but most times you do exhaust work, there is a smell, be it welds or oils or what have you.

You must be in Kaliforniastan where they really matter.

 

[topless98gt]

i dont understand the point of getting a h/x pipe with cats. if your car is stock with 4 cats, a h/x pipe with 2 high flow ones does not make it any more legal. youre gonna have to swap it for the stocker come smog time anyways, cause the tech will count them, so might as well make it worth the while.

but most times you do exhaust work, there is a smell, be it welds or oils or what have you.

A) It's easier to pass a visual inspection, esp when a cop pulls you over.

B) Here in TX, they just plug in. So if you have working MIL Eliminators, and you have the cats (or even the shells!) underneath the car, you'll pass with flying colors, unless they decide to do the sniffer to your car.

EDIT: When I went to get my car inspected, I just ignored that I didn't have cats and hoped that everything would go smooth. Sure enough, I didn't pass any extra money or anything, and the person didn't say anything. Probably didn't do a visual inspection.

 

[BaXTeR3221]

i dont understand the point of getting a h/x pipe with cats. if your car is stock with 4 cats, a h/x pipe with 2 high flow ones does not make it any more legal. youre gonna have to swap it for the stocker come smog time anyways, cause the tech will count them, so might as well make it worth the while.

but most times you do exhaust work, there is a smell, be it welds or oils or what have you.

I pass with flying colors since there isn't a sniffer up here. MIL's dont come on and it passes the visual.

 

[Tim2002GT]

Nice avatar!!!

 

[Twista]

i dont understand the point of getting a h/x pipe with cats. if your car is stock with 4 cats, a h/x pipe with 2 high flow ones does not make it any more legal. youre gonna have to swap it for the stocker come smog time anyways, cause the tech will count them, so might as well make it worth the while.

but most times you do exhaust work, there is a smell, be it welds or oils or what have you.

Wow, that is not true. If a inspector looks under your car and see 0 cats than you'll fail. If he/she looks but see 2cats than your good. Thats how i see it.

 

[merc123]

Smell is normal. I love not having inspections

 

[Saleen311]

the smell is normal. its a coating on the pipes. it burns off.

 

[BaXTeR3221]

Nice avatar!!!

Brought this back from the dead....thanks for the compliment tho