I have an Orbisoud soft exhaust.
The other day my emissions light came on. After reading a couple of posts on this site it seemed a common problem in this cold weather, so had decided to get the code cleared and see if the light came back on to see if there was a problem.
A week later I still had not had a chance to get to the garage but there was a bad smell coming from under the car when the exhaust was up to normal temperature, then a couple of days later the emissions light went out on its own.
When I look under the car there is some strange black stuff on outside of the exhaust, probably where the cat is.
If I didn't know any better (which I don't) I would say that a plastic bag got caught under the car and melted onto the exhaust as it is this kind of burning plastic smell.
Can any one come up with a better explanation or explain why this would cause the emissions light to come on.
Looking under the car I don't see or here any blowing but I am obviously a little concerned that this black stuff might have come out of the cat.
Maybe some day I will have a chance to get to a garage but the smell is slowly fading and the light is out so I am assuming it is no problem.
What do people think of this little mystery.
The other day my emissions light came on. After reading a couple of posts on this site it seemed a common problem in this cold weather, so had decided to get the code cleared and see if the light came back on to see if there was a problem.
A week later I still had not had a chance to get to the garage but there was a bad smell coming from under the car when the exhaust was up to normal temperature, then a couple of days later the emissions light went out on its own.
When I look under the car there is some strange black stuff on outside of the exhaust, probably where the cat is.
If I didn't know any better (which I don't) I would say that a plastic bag got caught under the car and melted onto the exhaust as it is this kind of burning plastic smell.
Can any one come up with a better explanation or explain why this would cause the emissions light to come on.
Looking under the car I don't see or here any blowing but I am obviously a little concerned that this black stuff might have come out of the cat.
Maybe some day I will have a chance to get to a garage but the smell is slowly fading and the light is out so I am assuming it is no problem.
What do people think of this little mystery.