Today after driving for a short while and stopping, my cat converter was smoking pretty heavily i could see anything burning on it but the smoke was definately coming off or out of it. anyone have any idea what could have caused it? i have noticed it before but never this much smoke. i drove it to today and it wasnt smoking. i have no idea whats goin on.
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smoke from cat converter
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Were you running your A/C? If so it was most likely the condensation from the evaporator dripping on the cat and causing steam. If it were anything else you would more than likely smell it burn.
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I'm having the same problem. I can smell a burning smell. The state trooper that gave me a ticket today for speeding even noticed it. He said "Your running this thing so hard its smoking."
Could this be a bad cat? I'm still under warranty so I suppose I could take it in
Could this be a bad cat? I'm still under warranty so I suppose I could take it inok89
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I'd like a little help on this from some of the experts out there before I let the dealer sit there with it for days and days trying to figure it out. Yesterday I went and looked at my cats and one of them is covered with sticky stuff on the bottom like a spilt coke. Did I just run over a coke and that is smoking? What do yall think?
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