1996 Honda Civic smells and smokes while warming up

Tiny
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  • 1996 HONDA CIVIC
  • 4 CYL
  • FWD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 107,000 MILES
1996 Honda Civic mileage: 107,000. I recently had a valve job done on my car. Now the car is emitting smelly smoke while I warm it up. What does this mean? What can I do to reduce this heavy, stinky smelling smoke? I told the Mechanic and he claims that because I ran it on three cylinders for so long that there is a carbon build-up on the Catalytic Converter. By the way, my car is carbureted.

Monday, January 3rd, 2011 AT 11:34 PM

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Tiny
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Your mechanic may be right that the problem may be caused by the catalytic converter. However, if you are still loosing coolant, you may have a cracked cylinder head or the new head gasket may be leaking.
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Monday, January 3rd, 2011 AT 11:42 PM

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