I JUST GOT MY Y PIPE INSTALLED

some unfermiliar things...
-first, black smoke came out then it doesn't come out anymore
-Car shakes violently when stopping or pressing on the gas a little
-Engine smelled like some metal was burning

=_=;...
please tell me nothing is wrong

 

its probably just burning **** off, its just like an aftermarket exhaust it should be all good in a few weeks.

 

will it still be shaking like that?
cause my dad doesn't know
^^

 

Does the car feel faster?

 

i dunno.. im just worried about my car being f'ed up...
ack.. please reply u sons of maxima bit..
2%@#%@#%

 

Metal burning smell and initial smoke is normal.

Any kind of shaking is not.

 

Something is wrong. Your car is not supposed to shake with a ypipe. Did you install the y-pipe yourself?

 

It could be an earthquake.....

 

everything is normal apart from shaking.. which might not be shaking.. you just might not be used to the y pipe...

 

Did you forget to turn off the vibrator? j/k

 

what kind of Y pipe did you buy???

 

I got Cattman Y-pipe
A shop here installed it for me
and yea.. it does shake like i had alot of bass on my car...
Is this normal?

 

thats what happens when you fart inside the car.. things shake!

 

It may vibrate at stops and reds, but its OK. AS long as nothing is rattling like its loose. Its a solid vibration right? It will fade away and be gone within 2 weeks latest. You will notice when your cruisin at 60 and punch it, it'll respond quick and juice. High end gets freaky, low end loss is minimal. Smoke is normal at first cause the Y pumps more exhaust into the cat and cat back which is old and crusty, it literally blasts out alot of resin. The shaking will stop.

Nothing is wrong....for now....but watch, listen and feel it closely. Lets us know if it gets better(hopefully not worse).

 

Did you keep your old pipe??? Hopefully you did. If you did, check to see if they left any parts with it other than the pipe itself- they may have not put back on the bracket that supports the y-pipe, and if you don't put it back on, I have heard that the Y will rattle fairly violently.

 

10-4, thats a good point.

 

Oh my, he used 10 code.

My car did the smelly thing and it did the smoke thing a from all over. Most of it from the liquid wrench burning off. But until your ECU has a chance to adapt your car will do some unusual stuff. Mine did, then I reset the ECU and it stopped as soon as I reset it. I assume that it was upset since it had a different flow than before. Make sure that they got all the brackets on good and flush. When I had mine installed they didn't and my car blew the gasket and I sounded like a Dodge Neon for a week.

 

not good, not good. have you considered buying a new vehicle?

 

What is a bracket?
I bought the gaskets also along with the thing...
Yes I kept my old one...
It was just my plain old Y pipe... nothing eles was attatched...
AHHH yesturday I did race.. beat a IS300 and I shut everyone's mouth up.
but I really didn't feel happy because my car was shaking.... really shaking... BIG BIG virbration...

Resetting the ECU?
How do u do that? What will happen after I do that?
ackkk pelase help me... I always get problems...

 

cat bracket is usually what causes vibrations...

take the car to the shop.. tell them the car is shaking.. tell them to check the cat bracket..

 

sprint, you have aim?
can I im you?
my im is AznCraft

what is this thing about ecu?

 

Get it to the shop. Now. If you don't know what a bracket is you have very little hope of fixing this yourself, and besides, they're responsible for their work.

 

I just got my WSP y installed on my 3rd gen, and the cat bracket was shot to sh*t because I have been bottoming out in my driveway (frickin cheap landlord). Anyway, after the install I did notice all of your symptoms, but they have all subsided with time. Chances are the support bracket is just vibrating -- have the shop check it and tighten as necessary. As for the smoke and the smell, I think thats the coating on the metal being blown / burned out of the exhaust. The same thing happened when we got a new water heater -- the coating burned off and produced a smell, and mild smoke.

 

It virabted really bad right?
That's my ONLY problem right now...

 

my pipe vibrated a lot and I was worried that it wasn't connected well, so I took it back to the shop that did the work. He looked at it and said it was the rubber hanger with the metal hook that held the y-pipe up right next to the cat. It was vibrating up against the underbody of my car so he took it off. I still have one hanger intact and everything is so smooth now that I believe that was the problem.

 

That's so good to hear man..
I am going to shop tommorow after school