nib1980
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| posted on 25/7/07 at 09:57 PM |
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Exhaust wrap - er is it meant to smoke?
Hi all,
Started the car again tonight, er is the exhaust wrap meant to smoke the first time you use / start it?
many thanks
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graememk
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| posted on 25/7/07 at 09:59 PM |
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mine did i think your suppost to get it hot to get it to set hard
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bigrich
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| posted on 25/7/07 at 10:04 PM |
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same here, it smoked for the first heat cycle then nothing
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A pint for the gent and a white wine/fruit based drink for the lady. Those are the rules
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emsfactory
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| posted on 25/7/07 at 10:13 PM |
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yep mine too.
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nib1980
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| posted on 25/7/07 at 10:14 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by graememk
mine did i think your suppost to get it hot to get it to set hard
ohh err missus...... 
on a serious note many thanks that rested my mind!
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RazMan
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| posted on 25/7/07 at 10:14 PM |
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Black 'n' smelly smoke which quickly dissappears - no worries.
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 26/7/07 at 06:21 AM |
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Scared the life out of me, on the very first trip out in the car - driving along, generally worrying whether the car was OK, and suddenly a load of
smoke came out from under the bonnet!
Ended up on the verge with the bonnet off, trying to work out what it was. Of course, by that time, it had stopped smoking... 
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Avoneer
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| posted on 26/7/07 at 06:24 AM |
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Unless you wrapped it with old tea towels.
Pat...
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BenB
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| posted on 26/7/07 at 08:28 AM |
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Smells either like popcorn or baking cookies depending on your brand of exhaust wrap....
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bimbleuk
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| posted on 26/7/07 at 09:01 AM |
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Yep cures it with the heat cycle and will smoke again if you give a good thrashing!
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Simon
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| posted on 27/7/07 at 10:05 PM |
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Yep loads of it. My SVA examiner explained through the haze that this was one of the reasons they liked people to drive their cars to test
ATB
Simon
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Ratters
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| posted on 28/7/07 at 10:59 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Simon
Yep loads of it. My SVA examiner explained through the haze that this was one of the reasons they liked people to drive their cars to test
ATB
Simon
That made me chuckle
Have heard about it rusting mild steel manifolds though?? Is that true or just one of those rumours??
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flak monkey
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| posted on 28/7/07 at 05:48 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Ratters
Have heard about it rusting mild steel manifolds though?? Is that true or just one of those rumours??
True, as it traps moisture in the wrap which combined with the heat leads to rapid oxidation.
Its also good at cracking cast iron manifolds...
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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Simon
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| posted on 29/7/07 at 11:15 PM |
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My old SD1 manifolds were ok with wrapping, though it was only on for 10 months - I now have some nice shiny stainless jobbies that I'll be
wrapping
ATB
Simon
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