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Old 05-05-2005, 09:00 PM   #1
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hey bro's i just had an invidia DP installed this past week and noticed that my car smells a lot after i go WOT, didnt give it much thought because going catless will do that to you but today a plume of white smoke came through my A/C vent in the center console and it smelled funny, not like unburned gasoline, almost like an oil smell. I checked my oil and it was fine, also my oil pressure doesnt drop below 1.5 bar on the defi's. Any thoughts?? Also i dont think this will help but i am able to hit 1.3 bar on boost with my setup....

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-2005 USDM STi, 7800miles
-conventional 5w-30 oil
-Injen limited intake converted to shortram(its now exactly the same as a typhoon i compared the 2)
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-Invidia DP (just installed last weekend)
-ported wastegate
-Defi Link gauges - boost, oil pressure, egt.


Thanks in advance....my first post is a problem hahaha
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Old 05-05-2005, 09:45 PM   #2
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dude, haha, that's what happens when you replace your cat with a catless downpipe, kind of a mild sulfur smell.
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Old 05-05-2005, 10:09 PM   #3
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i can understand that smoke maybe coming from the exhaust pipe itself, but directly through the A/C vent that doesnt sound right. It only happened today, the smell i expected tho. Ill check my coolant now, but i dont think thats it........just had it topped of during the winter.
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Old 05-05-2005, 10:10 PM   #4
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clutch?
nothing warms the heart like melted clutch and a Camaro in your rear view
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Old 05-06-2005, 09:05 AM   #5
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hahaha nah the clutch feels great, no slippage, grindage or any other bad dendancies a burnt out clutch would have. checked the coolant level and that is fine, also no white smoke from the exhaust pipe so i can rule out a coolant leak can i also rule out a blown/leaking head gasket?
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Old 05-06-2005, 12:21 PM   #6
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did you check to see if anything is touching the DP? mine burnt the cowling drain tube and burned it enough to waft some smoke in through the A/C vents.
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ahhhh i will check that now!!! that is a likely cause should have thought of that!
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lol, yeah, mine has been cauterized...
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yup thats it!! how do i fix it?
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Old 05-06-2005, 05:41 PM   #10
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cut the rest of it off, drainage to downpipe.
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Old 05-06-2005, 06:02 PM   #11
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damn big down pipes, i cut mine drain tube off about an inch above the DP. but then i wrapped it in some copper heat wrap.
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Old 05-12-2005, 07:18 PM   #12
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i have read in some forums that underneath the IC and above the passenger side fuel injectors is a type of fuel line half metal and half rubber that can go bad causeing a fuel smell in the cabin through the vents. i have tha problem and am waiting to get it fixed.
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