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Old Dec 26, 2006 | 10:00 PM
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ok so yesterday i finished installing my bbk shorty equal length chrome headers.
now after the engine gets hot i smell something burning it smells like rubber.
is it just the headers because they are new or what could it be???
Old Dec 26, 2006 | 10:01 PM
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new exhaust will smell bad for a day or two
Old Dec 26, 2006 | 10:03 PM
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sounds to me you are smelling what i smelf after i put my exhaust on my truck. i think your experencing the new exhaust smell
Old Dec 26, 2006 | 10:03 PM
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yeah it'll stink a lil bit, but i always loved the smell of a new motor breakin in.. like my quad i just bought, that smell is intoxicating(if that's how it's spelt?)
Old Dec 26, 2006 | 10:12 PM
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Hell still like the smell of gas when I'm at the pump, and the smell of 2 cycle is even worse. I have to watch it sometimes.
Old Dec 26, 2006 | 10:13 PM
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I'd make sure that your plug boots and wires aren't melting.
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