What does this mean
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Burning Brakes
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From: Bloomingdale IL
What does this mean
When driving my car hard tonight, my wife saw sparks come from the exhaust but not out the tips. Does this means there is a exhaust leak at the flange? The dealer recently had to take the exhaust off and back on again to change my clutch. Could this be that they did not tighten the bolts enough? If anyone has an idea let me know.
Thanks,
Ted
Thanks,
Ted
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Originally Posted by c6nut
When driving my car hard tonight, my wife saw sparks come from the exhaust but not out the tips. Does this means there is a exhaust leak at the flange? The dealer recently had to take the exhaust off and back on again to change my clutch. Could this be that they did not tighten the bolts enough? If anyone has an idea let me know.
Thanks,
Ted
Thanks,
Ted
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Burning Brakes
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From: Bloomingdale IL
Originally Posted by shopdog
The only way you should see sparks in the exhaust area is if the mufflers are dragging the ground.
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Originally Posted by c6nut
They don't scrape the floor. What else would cause it?
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St. Jude Donor '06-'07-'08-'09-'10-'11-'12, '16
Originally Posted by shopdog
the cats have broken up and are spewing bits of glowing platinum coated ceramic out the back.
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From: Raleigh / Rolesville NC
Originally Posted by shopdog
Well if it isn't abrasion of metal due to something rubbing, the only other thing I can think of is that the cats have broken up and are spewing bits of glowing platinum coated ceramic out the back.
Good luck on finding the problem.
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Originally Posted by lumberdog
Is everything fine now? I noticed the one time I pushed it to say 500 from redline I notice my clutch has a shorter throw as it is sinking is that by design not that I do it that much.
Supposedly so: http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...2&forum_id=101
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Burning Brakes
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From: Bloomingdale IL
Originally Posted by lumberdog
Is everything fine now? I noticed the one time I pushed it to say 500 from redline I notice my clutch has a shorter throw as it is sinking is that by design not that I do it that much.
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From: Batavia IL
Originally Posted by c6nut
You can get it replaced at the dealer. They came out with a new clutch 4/8/2005. There is a TSB on it now. It will take about 3-4 days to do.