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Pacman
10-09-2014, 11:09 AM
I walked to my car yesterday and noticed this in my exhaust. (Cpe custom exhaust, I believe cat back) They blew away on the drive home, and I don't see any new flakes. Is this something to worry about?
Car is a 2011 mazdaspeed3

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Hyperion
10-09-2014, 11:37 AM
Something, either your cats, resonators, or muffler may be on their way out.
However, if this is a one time occurrence, it may just be some gasket sealer that finally broke off.

Pacman
10-09-2014, 11:43 AM
Never noticed it before. Car has 55k on it. Could it take that long for a gasket sealer to break off?

n00bMeiSter
10-09-2014, 11:50 AM
how long ago did you install the cpe exhaust?

Pacman
10-09-2014, 11:56 AM
I bought it with the exhaust. Had 24k kms on the car when I got it Oct 2012, and car was purchased by original owner in Dec 2011.