Is this a bad sign?

[krickl]

There is next to no exhaust coming out of my pipes anymore (winter here can see it well) and the inside of ym car smells like exhaust what could be causing this? =/

[cherrington17]

a hole.... somewhere...

[krickl]

ok and the service engine light is back on . that help any? in a 2003 v6

[cherrington17]

go have it scanned at a parts store. but it'll w/o a doubt have an emissons check thrown.

jack it up and take a look at the exhaust from the engine back. (sat nights get some people online, but sat days and all day sunday are really slow for members.) i don't have much knowledge for exhuast...

you might have to wait for monday...

[krickl]

o ok i can wait and im gunna go check under it right now. could there be anything wrong with the engine?

[meadus101]

9 chances out of 10 there's a hole somewhere. You can get exhaust tape to patch it. Or, You can have it replaced with a full Cat back.


Mind you, With winter coming up as it is, I'd go with the first option for now.

[TheEdgeofSanity]

or, the baffles in the muffler could have collapsed. that happened to my friend's grand am and it clogged the exhaust and blew a hole in the top of the muffler and exhaust was getting trapped under the car instead of going out the back past the bumper like its supposed to

[bizarre179]

There has to be a leak somewhere. There is no other explanation (or so i think).

Like they said, jack it up and take a look at it.

[Vinalero]

If there was a hole, he would hear it.

Just get out and ask someone to start the car for you as you are looking in the engine bay, or under the car. Look for smoke.

My guess is that since it smells in the car, the exhaust have to be leaking from the engine bay. My first car had a bad manifold to downpipe gasket and it was smelling gas in the car badly.

[Redog]

The steam goes away after a few minutes

[Vinalero]

Originally Posted by Redog

The steam goes away after a few minutes

I know, thats why i said to look in the engine bay while someone start the car so he can actually see the smoke before it goes away. And its also colder these days, so he should be able to see it for a longer period of time.

[krickl]

ok i saw smoke in the engine thing whats the next step? =/

[bizarre179]

Not an expert, but it could be a gasket or something close to the header.

[krickl]

yea i gotta bring it tmmrw =/ dammit again 7 times since ive gtten this car ive had to pay over 200 to fix something shud i jus get a new alero?

[arsenal]

...Clogged cat?

[krickl]

well im bringing it in again ! after school we get out early im goin to check the code and the engine light when out and back on this morning =/ this car is a curse but its an alero so ill pay any amount to fix it on a different note can tires speed up or slow your car?

[01OldsAleroGt]

actually possibly
but only if they are too big or too small

but that would also affect your speedo too

what sized rims/tires do you have on the car ?

[Vinalero]

Originally Posted by krickl

well im bringing it in again ! after school we get out early im goin to check the code and the engine light when out and back on this morning =/ this car is a curse but its an alero so ill pay any amount to fix it on a different note can tires speed up or slow your car?

Tires can speed or slow your car depending on the weight of each wheels. Big chrome rims are Heavy, therefore will make your car slower.

The diameter of the wheel will only affect the speedometer.

[krickl]

i just got the stock ones they came with the v6 2003 , i was lookin to upgrade em snazz up the ride a little bit. are 17 good? and kind of tires should i throw on there?

[krickl]

ok update on car ! shop called said something about the vacuum leak and some other things with oil and mixing only 170 dollars not that bad of a hit =D

PS. first big snow of the year and wow that was quite a fun drive to school yeaaa ebrake!