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i just bought a first gen . exhaust leak !!!!

Old Aug 7, 2007 | 10:17 AM
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i just bought a first gen . exhaust leak !!!!

it has a exhaust leak and i have no idea how to fix it help??
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Old Aug 7, 2007 | 06:21 PM
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lets start with where is the leak exactly.... can it be solved with a gasket?
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Old Aug 7, 2007 | 07:52 PM
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get out the welding equipment if it cant be fixed with gasket and just weld up the whole if pssible is my solloution but i am a welder so i do present a semi-biased perspective
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Old Aug 7, 2007 | 07:58 PM
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My car also has an exhaust leak. YOu can hear two sound while its idling, one is coming outa the muffler and the other out the leak.

After finding no holes in the system, I realized it was the gasket between the flanges on the manifold, and where the pre cat used to be hehe.
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Old Aug 8, 2007 | 12:46 AM
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fix it or Racing beat it
Some prefer the borla muffler on the rear though instead of RB
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