Getting sick from the fumes
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Getting sick from the fumes
Anyone else with a midpipe / downpipe / no cats getting sick from the fumes in the cockpit? I bought a lime-scented air freshener which helps a little, but I swear my throat gets constricted, and I get congestion and start spitting up stuff. These symptoms occur when I'm driving for extended periods of time, or just standing outside the car as it runs. Yes my garage door is open And I vent the sunroof / windows when I can.
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The midpipe is awful with respect to smell. If I do not open the windows while driving. I will usually spend most of the day coughing up a lung, and or having a headache. I am seriously considering a highflow cat. Is there any other way to prevent these exhaust gases from getting into the cabin?
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Originally posted by rfreeman27
I think you have a more serious problem...
I have dp/MP/CB and i dont have a fume problem.
I think you have a more serious problem...
I have dp/MP/CB and i dont have a fume problem.
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There is no reason for your interior to smell at all. The fumes are getting in from an open grommet or torn seal. Find it and it will be gone. If it gets worse when you open the windows, they it's probably in the hatch somewhere. Pull all your trim in the hatch and work forward from there.
I had the same problem. One time it turned out to be the grommet where I have the wiring for th trailer hitch, the second time it was the grommet where the hose for the rear remote reservoir came through one of the shock towers. I never imagined a hole in the rear shock tower will bring in fumes, but it did. With in seconds of fixing the grommet, the fumes were gone completely. I run downpipe, midpipe and RS-R catback. No smell at all.
Basically there is a leak, find it, backtrack to when did you start smelling it, what did you do on the car after which it started? You will narrow the search down that way.
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I had the same problem. One time it turned out to be the grommet where I have the wiring for th trailer hitch, the second time it was the grommet where the hose for the rear remote reservoir came through one of the shock towers. I never imagined a hole in the rear shock tower will bring in fumes, but it did. With in seconds of fixing the grommet, the fumes were gone completely. I run downpipe, midpipe and RS-R catback. No smell at all.
Basically there is a leak, find it, backtrack to when did you start smelling it, what did you do on the car after which it started? You will narrow the search down that way.
cheers
W
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Originally posted by wael.el-dasher@efini.net
There is no reason for your interior to smell at all. The fumes are getting in from an open grommet or torn seal. Find it and it will be gone. If it gets worse when you open the windows, they it's probably in the hatch somewhere. Pull all your trim in the hatch and work forward from there.
I had the same problem. One time it turned out to be the grommet where I have the wiring for th trailer hitch, the second time it was the grommet where the hose for the rear remote reservoir came through one of the shock towers. I never imagined a hole in the rear shock tower will bring in fumes, but it did. With in seconds of fixing the grommet, the fumes were gone completely. I run downpipe, midpipe and RS-R catback. No smell at all.
Basically there is a leak, find it, backtrack to when did you start smelling it, what did you do on the car after which it started? You will narrow the search down that way.
cheers
W
There is no reason for your interior to smell at all. The fumes are getting in from an open grommet or torn seal. Find it and it will be gone. If it gets worse when you open the windows, they it's probably in the hatch somewhere. Pull all your trim in the hatch and work forward from there.
I had the same problem. One time it turned out to be the grommet where I have the wiring for th trailer hitch, the second time it was the grommet where the hose for the rear remote reservoir came through one of the shock towers. I never imagined a hole in the rear shock tower will bring in fumes, but it did. With in seconds of fixing the grommet, the fumes were gone completely. I run downpipe, midpipe and RS-R catback. No smell at all.
Basically there is a leak, find it, backtrack to when did you start smelling it, what did you do on the car after which it started? You will narrow the search down that way.
cheers
W
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i have a MP and the only time i have a smell prob. is while at a light stopped, the windows are down, and the wind blows it back in.
even so, i'm getting tired of it, so if anyone wants to trade a high flow for my MP with borla xr1, PM.
even so, i'm getting tired of it, so if anyone wants to trade a high flow for my MP with borla xr1, PM.
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I only get fumes when starting up. I don't get any problems when at speed, and you shouldn't either. I don't think a dp or mp would cause fumes to enter the cabin at speed.
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