Re: Having trouble starting my 400...

Posted by humanpotatohybrid On 2022/12/5 19:00:57

Yeah now that you mention that I notice that the "smoke" is nearly nothing when it first comes out. Obviously actual smoke will be thickest right by the pipe, not thin. You're in Cali but here it has dipped above and below freezing countless times since I last ran it a few weeks ago so I wouldn't doubt there's significant moisture collected in there. Now only to search out the rats-nest in the left exhaust sometime...

I'm not above my means in owning this car but at the same time I also didn't grow up with them, not just "not a 50's kid" but young enough where all the cars we had were fuel injected, cats, OBD, etc. Oldest car we had growing up was a 91 Ford Escort. Point is, I don't yet have enough familiarity/intuition yet to not get kinda worried when "something unexpected happens". Today's cars are just too reliable and predictable! Except when all but one each of my power windows and speakers stopped working within the same month on my Chevy Traverse, but that's a story for another time...


The difference is pretty "clear" when comparing this video.https://youtube.com/shorts/tTNiDZa0h2I?feature=share