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Old 01-19-2009, 04:23 PM
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i noticed today when i started getting stuck in the driveway and gave it gas, and when i got out it almost smelled like a snowmobile as far as exhuast goes is that normal when letting it go up around 3500 rpms for a few seconds?
 
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Old 01-19-2009, 04:37 PM
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Do you mean it smelled like a two-stroke?
 
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Do you mean it smelled like a two-stroke?
haha yea apparently. in the morning sometimes if its cold and you first start the truck and dont warm it up the exhaust might smell sweet alittle, seems to go for all vehicles. unless you did fill your tank full of mixed gas haha, going for some extra performance?
 
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Old 01-19-2009, 06:02 PM
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yeah like a two stroke, like when a jetski or anything along those lines start up, grant it its extremely cold here just wanted to make sure i wasnt running into any problems
 
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who doesnt love the smell of smokey two stroke in the morning.
 
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Old 01-19-2009, 07:49 PM
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o i love it and would like it if was like that all the time but the once in a while kinda scares me
 
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probably just a bit rich and the converters are smelling a bit.
 
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so i take it its just normal
 



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