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Mar 27, 2008 | 04:02 PM

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Tanabe exhaust problem..is this normal?

Installed mine yesterday and it looks and sounds perfect IMO. Hope it can get louder as I pump more miles in it.

So, today I turned off my car engine and opened my trunk. Smells somthing bad. Noticed a smoke coming out from the right exhaust tip, only the right, none from the left tip of the Tanabe. The smoke has weird smell, it's like a burning smell. I am afraid something not right is burning inside the muffler. The smoke lasted for 3-5 minutes, then it's completely gone.

Is this normal? Any advice?

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Mar 27, 2008 | 04:09 PM

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It's normal, just oil for shipping. It will be there for a few more drives, it will just be burned off.

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Mar 27, 2008 | 07:34 PM

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yup normal.. will go away soon..

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Mar 27, 2008 | 08:27 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Buford

It's normal, just oil for shipping. It will be there for a few more drives, it will just be burned off.

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yup normal.. will go away soon..

Alright..will see if it goes away in a few days time.

Thanks for your inputs

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Mar 27, 2008 | 11:03 PM

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completely normal, it smelled up my garage the first few days but after some hard runs the smell and smoke are starting to fade away..

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Mar 28, 2008 | 08:22 AM

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It's normal, just oil for shipping. It will be there for a few more drives, it will just be burned off.

More like grease & oils from manufacturing process...

Its baking together with the "new" metals.

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Mar 29, 2008 | 11:09 AM

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More like grease & oils from manufacturing process...

Its baking together with the "new" metals.

now I dont see the smoke anymore, no more weird smell too.

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