garrr its just one thing after the other..
was driving home today, about 5 minutes from my house, when my car lost power for a second or 2 then went back to normal, but as i lost power i looked in the rear vision mirror, and to my shock was the this massive plume of smoke!! and im talking a really thick plume of smoke.. so i pulled her over and had a look.. the smoke was coming from the exhaust.. there was also what sounded like a rattling sound in the exhaust..
im thinking ive blown the cat.. but then, i didnt think you could blow a cat!! unless theres something wrong with the engine??
only thing i can think of is today i had to top up the oil, as for some reason after the last serice, old mate didnt tighten the sump plug and it was drippin a little oil.. now when i topped it up, i did go slightly over the max mark on the dipstick, but im only talking like half a centremetre over the max line.. could this possibly be the reason? too much oil in there??
in the 5 mins to drive home from where it happened, there was no more smoke.. the engine was running smoothly, it was like nothing had happened, except i now have a rattle in the exhaust when i accelerate..
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