...Is it normal to have a metre-long flame out the exhaust? Cos that's what happened to mine on monday night! I'm wondering if a bit of the exhaust wheel from has come off and punched through the honeycomb in the cat? I'm pulling it apart on friday to have a look, but I'm just curious to know what normally happens?
I dont think its normal man lol, but wish mine blew a meter long flame out at nite haha. id say ur cat is gone. And lots of fuel is getting into your exhaust to be doin that ?
Nah it only did it once, I think it was oil burning... it's pretty funny now, but I was shitting myself when it happened! Wish someone could have been there to see it
Excess fuel thats not burned and the exhaust is hot enough to set fire to
it at the end, wild valve overlap will do that on the track, on the street,
injectors flakey and stuck open perhaps as its way over being too rich and then some,
ccould be oil I guess but watch it doesnt happen too often on the pedestrian crossing
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This is how it went:
I accelerated to about 100, backed off. Heard this odd kinda popping noise, and then I saw an enormous flame out my rear window. Tried to stop the car, but the flame started catching up as I slowed down! Ohhh sh*t! I accelerated again, blew the flame out, stopped having a heart attack. Drove it the rest of the way home, seemed to run fine but it makes no turbo noises anymore and makes no boost. No more flames either, just some smoke. Kinda like a non-turbo but even slower
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if only you knew it was goin to happen- could have hung a chicken off your rear end for a fresh roast
but how to spot somethin outta the ordinary
lol
hard luck man
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Tried to stop the car, but the flame started catching up as I slowed down! Ohhh sh*t! I accelerated again, blew the flame out, stopped having a heart attack.
LOL.i got such a vivid picture of that in my head.i would probobly have done the same. vlt's are fun arnt they,never a dull moment
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Originally Posted by benjipsi
if only you knew it was goin to happen- could have hung a chicken off your rear end for a fresh roast
but how to spot somethin outta the ordinary
lol
hard luck man
ROFLL!!! :] ahahahha $hit thats funny .. chiken not fried .. not roasted ... flame grilled RB30 style lolll
my experience is paltry by comparison but we used to put slices of cold pizza on the heat shield when driving through country, sausages too, could
never quite get the right sized pan to fit under the cross over pipe,
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my experience is paltry by comparison but we used to put slices of cold pizza on the heat shield when driving through country, sausages too, could
never quite get the right sized pan to fit under the cross over pipe,
Poultry even??
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Yes we did have the occasional drum stick on the motor too, though the
engine was pretty quiet at the time
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lol, dnst sound good, i think if you blow the turbo it pisses out oil.. now i know who to blame when its 40 degrees, a total fire ban, and a total vl ban
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Originally Posted by HoldenOn
Yes its perfectly normal. That just goes hand in hand with owning.............A jumbo jet maybe, but a vlt....no!!!
and i have a new signature
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Ok, I pulled it apart this afternoon and it's pretty unremarkable... the exhaust wheel is intact, the compressor wheel is intact. The cat convertor is still as it should be. The compressor wheel just touches the housing if I side load it, but even that's not too bad. Which begs the question...
why the hell did I get huge flames?
