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Old Aug 1, 2008 | 08:48 PM
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odd smell

so i finally had the time and the mindset to install my apex's ws2 on my 01 tl. i spent about 2 hours on it, with no help from anyone, and now it sounds beastly. however, i have noticed a funny smell when the car is idling as well as driving. any ideas?
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Old Aug 1, 2008 | 11:17 PM
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Funny smell like burning smell coming out of the exhaust? or at the engine?
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Old Aug 1, 2008 | 11:58 PM
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def exhaust.. and its hard to describe the smell but yea it seems like burning
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Old Aug 2, 2008 | 12:02 AM
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It is normal for brand new exhaust to have that burning smell. Should gone away after few days of driving.
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Old Aug 2, 2008 | 12:04 AM
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Could be the smell from just breaking it in. I put an exhaust on my truck and it had a funky smell for a couple days....once everything got really hot I never had the smell again.
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Old Aug 2, 2008 | 12:22 AM
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good to know
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Old Aug 4, 2008 | 10:05 AM
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if it smells like buring plastic, it's definitely the exhaust. When we installed my brother in laws exaust on his truck, it stunk like burning plastic for almost a week. We actually went under the car thinking there was a plastic bag stuck somewhere.
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Old Aug 4, 2008 | 12:11 PM
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it actually went away after the first 2 hours
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