burning/frying smell

[Quack23]

after driving the car i would smell a frying smell in the front of the car.. so one day i left the car on and look under the hood and saw smoke coming up NEAR the intake manifold...i dont know really where its coming from? AND also everytime i step on the gas it seems like im not getting power i need to step harder to make it go faster...any HELP???

i drive a 1996 honda civic LX 5 spd HELP!

[somick]

I think there is a small 5/16 collant hose to the throttle body in Accords. When collant leaks it usualy smells funny.
Check this out. May be Civics also have it.

Sam

[CivicSpoon]

Could be that ^, and the coolant's dripping on your exhaust. But I'm going to guess that it's probably a clogged cat. The cat is pretty much underneith the IM area, so it could be smoking all the way up.

[Quack23]

how would you unclog the cat?

[bluevp00]

Actually the cat is direcetly underneath the exhaust manifold in an `96 LX.

You pretty much have to replace the cat if thats the problem.

[Quack23]

how would i know for shure if the cat is clog? and how much is it to replace it? thanks

[hondacivic99sivtec]

don't replace it. just punch it out. lol no usually you can find someone selling a stock one or just buy a cheapo ebay one and bolt it up. you should be fine.