Installed Catless downpipe, creating lots of smoke now

IheartAWD · 11-17-2012, 01:24 PM

I just installed a cat-less down pipe and it is creating a ton of smoke out of the tail pipe. No other mods currently. It's current only on stock map. Should I put it into stage two map? Since Running 3" catless downpipe = catback? Inputs? =D

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guroove · 11-17-2012, 01:25 PM

Stage 2 tune should have been the first thing you did before firing it up. Have you driven it much since installing the dp and noticing the smoke, or id it just start up smoke?

IheartAWD · 11-17-2012, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by guroove

Stage 2 tune should have been the first thing you did before firing it up. Have you driven it much since installing the dp and noticing the smoke, or id it just start up smoke?

I just loaded the stage two map onto it. It still smoking =/ drove it around for 20-30 minutes and it smokes a lot still.

guroove · 11-17-2012, 02:09 PM

The stage 2 map isn't going to do anything to stop the smoking, it's just the right map for having a dp installed. What color is the smoke?

IheartAWD · 11-17-2012, 03:44 PM

droved for an hour straight, now it gone. I think it was the VHT coat I sprayed onto the downpipe. I think some might have got into the pipe when I was spraying it.

ScoobySubyDoo · 11-17-2012, 04:19 PM

Glad to hear the problem fixed itself!

IheartAWD · 11-17-2012, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by ScoobySubyDoo

Glad to hear the problem fixed itself!

There's still a case of a decently loud rattle when I shift between gears or at 2400 RPM and up. I think it might be the bottom end of the turbo heat shield that I left on. Has nothing holding onto it from the top.

SlverEJ20 · 11-18-2012, 12:14 AM

Did you use all the mounting points for the dp ? sometimes people skip/forget to secure all the mounting points and this can cause a rattle.

Tenament · 11-24-2012, 04:57 PM

^^ or very annoying squeaks! I forgot to bolt on 1 mounting point to my DP and for the months after was trying to chase around a horrible squeaking that I, at various times, thought it was the shocks, sway-bar, or anything else. Was funny to finally fix it so simply when taking the exhaust off to change the transmission >

11-17-2012, 01:24 PM	#1
IheartAWD Scooby Newbie Member#: 329962 Join Date: Aug 2012 Vehicle: 2004 WRX Flat Silver	Installed Catless downpipe, creating lots of smoke now I just installed a cat-less down pipe and it is creating a ton of smoke out of the tail pipe. No other mods currently. It's current only on stock map. Should I put it into stage two map? Since Running 3" catless downpipe = catback? Inputs? =D * Registered users of the site do not see these ads.

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11-17-2012, 01:25 PM	#2
guroove Scooby Newbie Member#: 129833 Join Date: Oct 2006 Chapter/Region: Tri-State Location: Staten Island, NY Vehicle: 2005 Forester XT Obsidian Black Pearl	Stage 2 tune should have been the first thing you did before firing it up. Have you driven it much since installing the dp and noticing the smoke, or id it just start up smoke?

11-17-2012, 02:09 PM	#4
guroove Scooby Newbie Member#: 129833 Join Date: Oct 2006 Chapter/Region: Tri-State Location: Staten Island, NY Vehicle: 2005 Forester XT Obsidian Black Pearl	The stage 2 map isn't going to do anything to stop the smoking, it's just the right map for having a dp installed. What color is the smoke?

11-17-2012, 03:44 PM	#5
IheartAWD Scooby Newbie Member#: 329962 Join Date: Aug 2012 Vehicle: 2004 WRX Flat Silver	droved for an hour straight, now it gone. I think it was the VHT coat I sprayed onto the downpipe. I think some might have got into the pipe when I was spraying it.

11-17-2012, 04:19 PM	#6
ScoobySubyDoo Scooby Newbie Member#: 329311 Join Date: Aug 2012 Chapter/Region: Tri-State Location: PITT/Collegeville, PA Vehicle: 2003 WRX Satin Black	Glad to hear the problem fixed itself!

11-18-2012, 12:14 AM	#8
SlverEJ20 Scooby Specialist Member#: 157158 Join Date: Aug 2007 Chapter/Region: MAIC Location: Richmond/ Fairfax, Va Vehicle: 05 WRX stage 2 PSM	Did you use all the mounting points for the dp ? sometimes people skip/forget to secure all the mounting points and this can cause a rattle.

11-24-2012, 04:57 PM	#9
Tenament Scooby Newbie Member#: 246813 Join Date: May 2010 Chapter/Region: NWIC Vehicle: '02 WRX WRB ::	^^ or very annoying squeaks! I forgot to bolt on 1 mounting point to my DP and for the months after was trying to chase around a horrible squeaking that I, at various times, thought it was the shocks, sway-bar, or anything else. Was funny to finally fix it so simply when taking the exhaust off to change the transmission >