Hot exhaust clicking noise
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Hot exhaust clicking noise
Is it me, or does my car's exhasut gets really hot. After i drive everytime i hear a click click click noise comming from the CAT or somewhere around there. Then recentlly l looked down and its was like hot enfough that the stainless steal started changing colours. Kind of like a Ti exhast does when it gets hot. Since i am becoming an aircraft mechanic, i wipped out my handbook to identify stainless steel colours and blue wasnt on it, but red and other colours were.
Is everyone's car like that or i have a bad case of hot cat.
btw its an 05 civic lx-g sedan.
Is everyone's car like that or i have a bad case of hot cat.
btw its an 05 civic lx-g sedan.
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Yep. This is normal. The catalytic converter reaches temperatures high enough to cause blueing of stainless steel. And yes, blueing is a scientific term. The pinging is just the catalytic converter and pipes contracting as they cool.
Last edited by tacheon; Sep 22, 2005 at 12:27 AM.
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