Hey guys, for a while my car has been spitting out a watery and very dirty liquid out of the exhaust when I first start it up. I think it might be my Carsound cat that might have blown out but i'm not sure, i've had the cat in for a while probably almost a year and i know the problems people have with them. I posted a couple pics to show you guys, this is only when i first start the car up, and you can see it spits out about 2 feet behind the car, so what the hell is it?? I have smsp header carsound cat and smsp exhaust kit. I dont believe its oil because this is too "watery". Any ideas or suggestions?? Its making me mad because it gets all over my back bumper too

 

You need to feed it more fiber

 

Mark you ever check the settings on that Air fuel controller you put in the car? the people who tuned the car must have added a bunch of fuel cuz it looks like its running rich

 

I have an immate comment that won't be said

But it looks like it could be running a hair rich. What mods do you have done?

 

aem cold air, smsp header and exhaust, safc-II

 

no its called condensation

and its black because of the carbon inside the exhaust

no big deal

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Lifter2012 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> Its making me mad because it gets all over my back bumper too </TD></TR></TABLE>

Don't use your rear bumper as a tuning indicator (ha, ha)

When gas burns with Oxygen, the normal byproducts are water and carbon dioxide. Add more gas, you get more carbon monoxide and straight carbon (black smoke). Add less gas, you burn hotter and the nitrogen in the air starts oxidizing (acid rain and ozone )

The cat will equalize some of some of it, to get the nasty stuff back to carbon dioxide, but the water will always remain. In the cold weather, the water will condense rather quickly inside your exhaust. Don't be surprised that some water comes out.

So, don't worry about it. When the exhaust warms up, it will stop condensing and pass out of your exhaust as water vapor.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by m R g S r &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">no its called condensation

and its black because of the carbon inside the exhaust

no big deal </TD></TR></TABLE>

 

Same thing happen to me when i was running the stock ecu.
Then i got my car tuned and it's gone.

I was freaked out at first too!

 

That is what you called soot. It is normal. especially with colder weather.

 

i can't stand it...i get the same thing with my car only i have a gsr : (

 

Dude looks like condensation. Same comes out of my R.

 

same to mine

 

Mine does it as well... Man thats a UGLY *** mufler you got there...!! haha
lol

98ITR#1049
94 GSR (sold)

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Chris F &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

Don't use your rear bumper as a tuning indicator (ha, ha)

When gas burns with Oxygen, the normal byproducts are water and carbon dioxide. Add more gas, you get more carbon monoxide and straight carbon (black smoke). Add less gas, you burn hotter and the nitrogen in the air starts oxidizing (acid rain and ozone )

The cat will equalize some of some of it, to get the nasty stuff back to carbon dioxide, but the water will always remain. In the cold weather, the water will condense rather quickly inside your exhaust. Don't be surprised that some water comes out.

So, don't worry about it. When the exhaust warms up, it will stop condensing and pass out of your exhaust as water vapor.</TD></TR></TABLE>


and when you are running a test pipe...wellllll you get a LITTLE more...especially if you got a white bumper ( sigh )

 

is your car getting fugged up?

didnt u post something about your car wont rev pass 4-5? and something else was gone on your car.
now it's spitting out blood..ouch

go get her checked before she dies

 

same thing is happening not as much though,

ever since i stopped daily driving it.. i carpool to work now...

 

I wouldn't worry to much just get the SAFC looked at.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by itr1244 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">is your car getting fugged up?

didnt u post something about your car wont rev pass 4-5? and something else was gone on your car.
now it's spitting out blood..ouch

go get her checked before she dies</TD></TR></TABLE>

nope that wasent me, car runs fine

 

looks like mine hhehe my **** is runnin uber rich i bet thats what it is

 

yea that thing look like its running pig rich, might want to get your safc settings looked at

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by m R g S r &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">no its called condensation

and its black because of the carbon inside the exhaust

no big deal </TD></TR></TABLE>

 

guys i'm thinking about gettin rid of that safc-II and getting a kenji p28 and either hondata s100 or a vafc-II. would retuning with either of these correct the problem?

 

same thing happens to me - i have a test pipe also. shoots back like 3ft for me- ill take some pics haha

 

taste it and tell us if its water or gas