O2's are in! Smoke now?

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I put in the new O2's today. I was casually working on it from 11:50am to 3:30 pm, which includes a lunch break, and cleaning every single tool I used. I was second guessing myself for a while, I didn't know how to go at it first, and I had some trouble lowering the exhaust, but once I figured it out it was fairly easy. This can easily be done in 2 hours now that I know what to expect. I took it for a short spin around the block just to make sure it was running right. I will see if it helped my rough idle tonight.

I now have smoke coming from somewhere around the O2's, as soon as I turned on the car smoke was coming out, Is this the anti-seize stuff burning off? It is coming from both sides where the O2's are located. I tightened up those exhaust bolts pretty good, but I will definitely double-check them.

Any ideas???

Oh yeah, when I had the exhaust disconnected I just had to start her up and get a taste of the potential exhaust sound. It sounded bad ass! After 2 seconds it started surging and bogging so I turned it off.
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RE: O2's are in! Smoke now?

Smoke seems to have gone away, and the idle is some what better, Can't wait to see the MPG.

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RE: O2's are in! Smoke now?

I hope that you didn't use copper-based anti-seize lubricant anywhere upstream of the O[font size=1]2[/font size] sensors!
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What is recommended anti seize? I plan to change O2 sensors before long, and I want to be sure to use the right stuff.
 
RE: O2's are in! Smoke now?

I believe it was nickel based, but not 100% sure. The smoke has completely gone away.

I do not feel a big difference in performance, but there must be some because I am now able to do a crisp chirp from 1-2 at 5900 rmp. It is nice and crisp!!!
Before it would only chirp around 4000 rpm's and when I would shift at 6000 it would just lung forward.

I am now getting code 179 & 188, both have the same definition:
"Fuel system at lean adaptive limit at partial throttle / system rich"
Anyone know how I can fix this?

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