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Old 25-02-2007, 11:23 AM   #1
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Default Engine Problem. This One Has Me Stumped

Ok story is when i drive and i put my foot into it only sometimes i get this noise, its not a bang buts more of like a flame shooting out noise and then something rattles in the exhaust and it blows a big cloud of black/blue smoke out. i havnt lost any power but it keeps doing it now. please help?

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Old 25-02-2007, 11:26 AM   #2
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replace the cat...from that description, the old one has died!
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Old 25-02-2007, 01:54 PM   #3
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it seriously blows out a massive cloud of smoke that fill up my whole rear veiw mirror
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Old 25-02-2007, 02:33 PM   #4
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Yeah it could be the cat , or you have blown the baffles/guts of your muffler causing it to block, will be one or the other imo. gl
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Old 25-02-2007, 02:36 PM   #5
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so i should just buy a hi flow cat and exhaust at the same time
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