Mufflers and Tailpipes

Yes it will hurt and hurt severely. White smoke is almost always a sign of a blown head gasket or cracked head. Coolant is entering the combustion chamber and is also entering the oil system. You will destroy this engine if you continue to drive it in this condition.

Orange flares are distress signals used mainly in daylight, as the smoky orange shows up better than red distress flares.

I would suspect the fuel pressure regulator.

bad carb setting/jetting or a timing issue . Read the plugs and see if the mixture is good , then check timing per manufacture instructions... if you have a upgraded pipe they always do that. it also could be running rich

You can take your car auto parts place like autozone, hilow, etc, they should have a portable computer to attached to your car and it will give them a code for the reason of the check engine light is on. It could be something minor , but either way your best bet is to take it to a mechanic that you trust, that has the tools to identify the problem. Don't let it stay on to long or it could turn into a major problem.

neat time you fill your car with fuel make sure you buy some injector cleaners this will help the problem.

the loudest would be the flowmaster outlaw series. its just a straight through muffler with no ceramic glass packing. i have one on my f-150 it sounds way good

Simply said, a mandrel is a tool used to shape machines. In mufflers, it is tubing usually made of steel used as a support when bending exhaust pipes. The main reason for this is to reduce the possibility of deformation as much as possible. The mandrel bends with the pipe stretching on the outside of the bend and compressing on the inside ensuring a constant diameter bend that reduces restrictions.

The blue smoke you see coming out of your exhaust pipe is oil that is being burned off inside your engine.

This can be caused by a bad head gasket and valve cover gasket, or by bad piston rings.

what is happening is oil is leaking into the combustion chamber and is being burned off along with the fuel/ air mixture creating the blue smoke.

make sure to check the oil level because depending on the car, it could be burning off about a quart a month.

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No

Being a licensed master plumber IN New York City I know for a fact there are 1,200 LMPS in NYC to service the buildings as required by NYC plumbing code. Even old tenements have certain codes that have to be followed as I am now servicing a building built and still using the original piping since 1853

yes, a muffler is designed along with exahust pipe to create proper amount of back pressure

hi could be possible that turbo seals are leaking on mid housing and engine is sucking oil straight in and running on it, hence switching off makes no difference. also check your oil level some vehicles if over filled will exhibit the same problem until excess oil is burnt off. or if vehicle is a diesel could be you have boost control unit that that has seal gone allowing fuel into air side and sucking it straight into engine.

Because you have a coolant leak. More than likely, from your description, it is a leak in the radiator or radiator hose. Do not let your vehicle overheat. Have this repaired ASAP.

Because you have a coolant leak. More than likely, from your description, it is a leak in the radiator or radiator hose. Do not let your vehicle overheat. Have this repaired ASAP.

Head gasket is leaking

because something is wrong with the vehicle

Any fault the computer detects, is effecting the emissions system. Repair ASAP, as damage can occur to the catalytic converter or O2 sensor, even though the car seems to run OK. The EGR valve

Is coolant disappearing from your cooling system? Might be a blown or leaking head gasket. I would say it is your valve stem seals. It is very common for them to need replacement on the 4.6L engines. Keep an eye on your oil level. Mine goes through about 1 quart every 3 weeks or 1000 miles or so.

I would guess it is a little help since it does relieve a little back pressure. Back in the old days when cars had true duel exhaust, the pipes ran straight back on each side. Now, the exhuast usually comes from a single pipe off the exhaust manifold, into the catalytic converter at which point it either splits and goes to separate mufflers and then out the back OR a single pipe back to one muffler which has two outlets for the duels. At best either is mainly for the effect and the sound. A few vehicles do have two cats and entire systems but not Chevy cars as far as I know (except vettes and some older trucks)................actually not true my caprice 94 9c1 5.7 350 and everybody elses do have true dual exhaust. only the 94, 95, and 96 caprice and impalas with 5.7 350's have this though!

The fuel is burning less efficiently than it should be. Possible causes might include worn out/dirty spark plugs, worn out catalytic converter, or impurities in the fuel tank.

White smoke is eaither a blown head gasket or you have water in the fuel system. This is not to be confused with flooding an engine and seeing white vapor coming out of the exaust in which that would NOT be smoke, it would be gas vapor's. If your burning oil, the smoke will be blue and smells of burnt oil.

Car mufflers were first invented in the late 1800's. The inventor is Milton Reeves, who worked at the Reeves Pulley Co.

White smoke is usually caused by water in the ignition system(blown head gasket or water in the gas tank due to condensation. If it clears up after running for a while, you should try a gas conditioner in your fuel tank. If its constent, then do a compression test and to check your head gasket. White smoke is water; Blue smoke is oil; and black smoke is flooding or too much gas. ADDED NOTE: I have had an occurence where a brake fluid leak(at the master cylinder) allowed the vaccuum operated BRAKE BOOSTER to suck in fluid into the intake manifold, causing WHITE SMOKE..

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