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Exhaust Smell
i just installed my new OBX axle-back today, and it sounds AMAZING!!! it has the deepest and sportiest tones ever!! there is one problem though, it smells really bad coming out of there. does anyone else have this with an aftermarket exhaust? is there anything to do to fix this? it smells so bad, i dont even think it would pass emissions. i didnt replace the resonator or cat or anything, so i dont know why it smells so bad. any help would be greatly apprecaited. thanks.
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This will probably get moved......but......I think that's normal. Your engine is just getting used to it. It will eventually go away, like in the next few days. There's nothing you can do really. Unless, it's really bad and won't go away, then I'd take into a shop and see what's goin on.
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might help to keep it running for a while? im not sure.... that's odd though, try taking it to the shop that installed it for you....
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its just the pipe it has a coating on it from the factory it will burn off in a couple of days no big deal, it just reaks
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ok, thats good then. i thought there might be something wrong with it.
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ya the heat from your exhaust is just burning off whatever it is on that axle back you got.eventually the smell will fade away.
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stuff will burn off it will return to normal soon
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stuff will burn off it will return to normal soon
exactly .. i had the same thing when i got mine .. like the smell of new brakes or a new clutch
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you should also reset the ecu while your at it since you did a new mod...
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i've done a good amount of mods and never reset mine? should i? and how?
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lol, my exhaust smelled like hamburgers at first haha. Just thought I'd share.
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i've done a good amount of mods and never reset mine? should i? and how?
You can reset your ECU either by using the PGM tester at a Honda dealership, or by disconnecting the negative terminal from your battery.

Be sure to have your factory radio code handy, though. Otherwise when you plug the negative terminal back in you won't be able to use the radio/CD player.
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any new pipe you put on your car itll make a smell. my header just got broke in recently. its normal dont worry about it.
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yea its the new piping.....it will eventually go away
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Yeah, it's normal, dont even trip
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mmm... new exhaust piping smell
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I swear when i installed my exhaust, it smelled like burning marshmallows
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