Cat replaced, not happy.
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Yeah, you will be building carbon up more-so than if you were able to redline it regularly. It won't reach critical levels before you get to past the 7,000rpm point, at which point you are getting close enough to the redlining conditions (more throttle, more air, more fuel, great V/E) that it will start reversing that. Even if not, it's only 1,000 miles. Carbon choking usually starts causing problems more like 10k-20k miles of no redline, killing the engine more like 40k-60k of that.
Breaking it in properly is more of a concern at this point.
I've got almost 12k on my reman now, and am going to start doing experiments with how much carbon i actually have and how effective the various cleaning methods are.
Breaking it in properly is more of a concern at this point.
I've got almost 12k on my reman now, and am going to start doing experiments with how much carbon i actually have and how effective the various cleaning methods are.
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Gas smell can ONLY come from one of two places:
Fuel System or Exhaust system.
As mentioned before, remove the drivers side reat seat, open the access panel, and look to see if there's fuel seeping around the fuel pump gasket. Look around the fuel line connectors that feed gas into the tank, and into the fuel line that leads to the engine.
Finally, the exhaust system is the only other point.
Does the car stink of gas if you DO NOT let it sit there and idle for a long period of time?
Lats say you come home from work, park the car, shut it off, go inside for ten minutes, then come back outside. Does is stink like gasoline then?
If it does, then you have an issue to worry about.
If it doesn't, then chances are the fuel smell is coming from your exhaust system from idling for such a long time (don't do that if you don't need to). You might want to pay a local shop to remove your convertor, and inspect it. Yes, I went there. Might as well find out now if its dying an early death from having a bad engine flooding it with raw fuel.
BC.
Fuel System or Exhaust system.
As mentioned before, remove the drivers side reat seat, open the access panel, and look to see if there's fuel seeping around the fuel pump gasket. Look around the fuel line connectors that feed gas into the tank, and into the fuel line that leads to the engine.
Finally, the exhaust system is the only other point.
Does the car stink of gas if you DO NOT let it sit there and idle for a long period of time?
Lats say you come home from work, park the car, shut it off, go inside for ten minutes, then come back outside. Does is stink like gasoline then?
If it does, then you have an issue to worry about.
If it doesn't, then chances are the fuel smell is coming from your exhaust system from idling for such a long time (don't do that if you don't need to). You might want to pay a local shop to remove your convertor, and inspect it. Yes, I went there. Might as well find out now if its dying an early death from having a bad engine flooding it with raw fuel.
BC.
As mentioned before, remove the drivers side reat seat, open the access panel, and look to see if there's fuel
Why tell him twice?
Screw that, the advise has been given,
The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit,
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.
Why tell him twice?
Screw that, the advise has been given,
The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit,
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.
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As mentioned before, remove the drivers side reat seat, open the access panel, and look to see if there's fuel
Why tell him twice?
Screw that, the advise has been given,
The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit,
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.
Why tell him twice?
Screw that, the advise has been given,
The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit,
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.
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Had time to remove seat and panel and there are wet spots on top. What now? And yes it smells like gas even if I go inside for 10 mins after cutting the car off and come back outside sometimes I still smell gas.
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You have two choices...
Pay a mechanic to locate the source of the fuel, and replace whatever needs to be replaced, or have your boyfriend buy the parts needed, and replace it himself for you.
You're leaking fuel.
I'm sure you can imagine that isn't a great thing.
BC.
Pay a mechanic to locate the source of the fuel, and replace whatever needs to be replaced, or have your boyfriend buy the parts needed, and replace it himself for you.
You're leaking fuel.
I'm sure you can imagine that isn't a great thing.
BC.
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