exhaust manifold is light up, help???

by **townboy2** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 9:42 pm

my car has been die for almost a month now... went to the shop can't fixed and now back home i disconnected the batt. and started up but after 1 or 2 min. i think what it called the exhaust manifold where the O2 is and light up like orange after about 2 min. of warm up. i think running too rich... what can i do???
u can read this post to know more about it http://www.solaraguy.org/viewtopic.php?t=21867 i'm not double posting just a new problem

by **solaraN8** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 10:10 pm

i had the same problems with my gmc jimmy, my best guess would be that your catalytic converter is clogged up, have you ever replaced it??? worth a shot to check out

by **townboy2** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 10:30 pm

nope... is that what happen to your GMC or u guessing??? thx u

by **townboy2** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 10:31 pm

also, when it first start up hella white smoke came out

by **solaraN8** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 10:34 pm

thats definatly what happened to my gmc, pulled up to my friends shop and he asked if i had red neons under the truck, the car couldnt breath so it superheated the whole exhaust, does the car have a serious lack in power? my girls car had the same problem too, started loosing power then started stalling

by **Mole** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 12:52 am

disconnect your Y pipe and restart the car.

that way you might be able to tell if it is the pre-cat or the cat that is clogged.

any electronics running ? ie- SAFC ??

by **townboy2** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 1:01 am

my car almost all stock... i don't know much about car, which part is Y pipe. thx u

solaraN8: b4 that, after start the car die right a way... and what happen now. i don't want to drive it cause i don't want to melt anything, it was so damn hot is like u turn on a home heater and turn orange. the car it does starlling now.

trying to look for another car while my car was donw and find a 97 E300Diesel benz but none of my family support me cause too damn expensive to manint. a benz...

by **solaraN8** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 3:58 pm

i would do what mole said, just disconnect it and see if the problem persists, cause your gonna kick yourself if you go out and buy a new car when you could have just gone out and baught a high flow cat for like 100 bucks... pm me and lemme know what happend with the whole situation.

by **Mole** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 7:00 pm

86 RX-7 crashed
94 MX-6 I4 donated it
93 MR2Turbo sold
86 MR2 N/A FREE from a friend...

you have owned all those cars and know nothing about the solara ?!

imho you have to know a thing or two by now.

by **townboy2** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 8:03 pm

yup... i like car but hate to work on them

exhaust manifold is light up, help???

exhaust manifold is light up, help???

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