particles in exhaust tips
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particles in exhaust tips
Hello Friends,
I am seeing some sandy looking particles inside my exhaust tips on my 08. I have NPP w/wild to mild, but I leave them open most of the time. Could these grains be from the cat convertor?
Thanks to all, Montman
I am seeing some sandy looking particles inside my exhaust tips on my 08. I have NPP w/wild to mild, but I leave them open most of the time. Could these grains be from the cat convertor?
Thanks to all, Montman
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From: Bridgewater New Jersey
Could be scaling from the inside of the exhaust, ceramic substrate of a cat, but unless you had a major issue with the car running recently bad, I doubt it. The car would have to have seen some serious miss firing to cause the cat to break up.
Sulfur deposits is another possibility, usually comes out a light color similar to sand.
At times you can see cars that blow out sulfur deposits in the form of a light brown cloud from accumulation on the inside of the pipes. You can see this happen when a driver gets into the throttle hard.
Sometimes the inter-ram materiel can loosen and cause the brick to rattle and vibrate around inside the enclosure. This could be a possibility.
They can also break apart and turn side ways, causing some performance degradation.
Sulfur deposits is another possibility, usually comes out a light color similar to sand.
At times you can see cars that blow out sulfur deposits in the form of a light brown cloud from accumulation on the inside of the pipes. You can see this happen when a driver gets into the throttle hard.
Sometimes the inter-ram materiel can loosen and cause the brick to rattle and vibrate around inside the enclosure. This could be a possibility.
They can also break apart and turn side ways, causing some performance degradation.
Last edited by extrapilot; Jan 5, 2016 at 07:40 PM.
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Could be scaling from the inside of the exhaust, ceramic substrate of a cat, but unless you had a major issue with the car running recently bad, I doubt it. The car would have to have seen some serious miss firing to cause the cat to break up.
Sulfur deposits is another possibility, usually comes out a light color similar to sand.
At times you can see cars that blow out sulfur deposits in the form of a light brown cloud from accumulation on the inside of the pipes. You can see this happen when a driver gets into the throttle hard.
Sometimes the inter-ram materiel can loosen and cause the brick to rattle and vibrate around inside the enclosure. This could be a possibility.
They can also break apart and turn side ways, causing some performance degradation.
Sulfur deposits is another possibility, usually comes out a light color similar to sand.
At times you can see cars that blow out sulfur deposits in the form of a light brown cloud from accumulation on the inside of the pipes. You can see this happen when a driver gets into the throttle hard.
Sometimes the inter-ram materiel can loosen and cause the brick to rattle and vibrate around inside the enclosure. This could be a possibility.
They can also break apart and turn side ways, causing some performance degradation.
Melting Slicks
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From: San Jose California
FYI,
My car only ran the stock cats for less than 6K from new all stock. When I removed the cats to mod the car I noticed a small percentage of the substrate already clogged. So it would not be out of the possibility of a bad cat.
You can drop the cat and inspect it before spending any money.
DJ
My car only ran the stock cats for less than 6K from new all stock. When I removed the cats to mod the car I noticed a small percentage of the substrate already clogged. So it would not be out of the possibility of a bad cat.
You can drop the cat and inspect it before spending any money.
DJ
