Ditto:

And that happened to me after reading 2 weeks worth of fuel line fires
posts!
Not only was it paint on the muffler, the inventory stickers were still
there.  It took a few hours of driving time to finally burn everything off.

Michael

-----Original Message-----
From: John Scheckel <jscheckel@NUTLEY.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Monday, February 15, 1999 11:24 PM
Subject: Re: Smoke, acrid smell from new muffler

>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