Your S&S pipes are doing fine.  Mine did the same thing.

John Lauterbach
Macon, GA
'84 7-passenger

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Winesette" <Chriswinesette@AOL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 5:20 PM
Subject: White exhaust pipes

> Ok I finally got my van running and have been driving it for the past 2
days.
>  I noticed that my pretty new S&S exhaust has now turn almost light grey.
> Whats wrong?  I con't afford a new catalic (sp) converter so I put the
bypass
> pipe on.  My engine also idles just about 1000 rpm.
>
> Chris Winesette
> American Advertising
> Director, Creative Media
> chriswinesette@aol.com
>