> John Koloen wrote:
>>
>> I just installed a new muffler and tailpipe on my 87 Westy. I drove it for
>> a five minutes and noticed smoke and an acrid smell emanating from the
>> rear.  Is this paint and coatings burning off from the muffler and
>> tailpipe? Or did I do something wrong? Thanks. -- John
>
> Fresh paint burns off the parts,  worry not and drive on.  But... it
> never hurts to check things out periodically.  It has taken up to  a
> week for the smell to finally dissapate on muffler jobs I've done.
>
> John S

Not only that, but gaskets compress, and bolts loosen in the first
week or two. A couple of times I've been burned by this, and by the
time I noticed, the leak had started, and the gasket was ruined. Foo!

Joshua Van Tol -- jjvantol@uswest.net