Exhaust Leak?

[Tim Abadie]

So I just installed the Full race catted dowpipe, exhaust and PRL SRI yesterday, and tuned it with flashpro. The car seems to be running/sounding great except for a suspicious smell that comes from my engine bay. It's almost like burnt plastic. No smoke, no steam, nothing that seems to be out of order or strange. Im wondering if this smell could just be some of the new parts breaking in (downpipe was heat coated) or maybe something worse. Im worried something may be wrong with the manifold gasket. Granted, I just installed all of this today, and havent given anything time to break in, but I had some concern about this. Any thoughts?

 

[r18-power]

You're fine, Im guessing you used wd40 or something similar to loosen the bolts? If so that's where your smell is coming from.

 

[Tim Abadie]

Yeah I used wd-40 and penetrating oil to loosen some bolts. I'm hoping that's where the smell is coming from or the coolant burning off from when I changed the hoses for the intake