Hey Kenichi, thanks for the help. I didn't get it on the highway, but I drove
around my area for about 20-25 minutes at 35-50 miles per hour. It smoked a
bit, but as time went along it didn't smoke as much as before. It seems to be
getting better. I'm going to take it out tomorrow. Anyway, I will be getting
2" piping, and a new muffler this Sat. (Meineke $295). I guess I can have them
check out the catalytic converter too. The engine sounds fine, but there is a
hole in the exhaust piping, I know that made it sound funny for quite some time
before it started smoking, but since then, the noise has gotten worse.
Tomorrow, I think I will take it out on the beltway, but I don't want to get
stranded too far, if it happens to break down.
Kenichi wrote:
> Don't drop a dime on that thing yet. I would look at the plugs and see if
> its coated in oil. The likely reason your car is running like it is, is that
> you probably got oil in your combustion chamber. I would get it on the
> highway and do some sustained highspeed runs and burn as much of it off as
> much as possible. Is it sputtering and "sounding aweful "because its full of
> holes or because you overfilled the motor with oil.
> Keep us posted..
>
> Ken
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