ok so when i first bought my car it had a loud nasty sound coming out of and i saw there was a whole in the muffler and changed it but then i found it was still a nasty sound coming from close to the cat so i went to muffler shop they fixed it... and again that same spot like before the cat went bad again its leaking and sounds horrible im pissed and dont understand why that leak keeps coming back what could it be??

 

oh and by the way my car has high emissions if that has anything to do with it... thats the only explanation i could find... every time i shift i hear the exhuast leak letting off a pop... and my car backfires when its slowing down needless to say it sounds like ****

 

what year civ is it?

 

its a 93 ex coupe and to sum it all up i keep getting an exhaust leak at the same spot before the cat and muffler is quiet brand new

 

somebody help me out here

 

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You know what year the civic is now so answer his question

 

i know man... i cant figure it out

 

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Is all you hear the backfiring and popping? Cause my car does that, but it doesn't have an exhaust leak.

Or is there a true leak?
Have you checked the gaskets on both sides?

It's still puzzling why the leak would come back though. I can only think rust. Or your typical drive would involve a bump somewhere that would slowly dick up the exhaust eventually resulting in a hole. Hmm...this is a tough one.

 

Sounds like they are doing a shitty job fixing it. If its rusting, its just going to get worse and not any better until you replace the whole thing.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Jakester9500 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Is all you hear the backfiring and popping? Cause my car does that, but it doesn't have an exhaust leak.

Or is there a true leak?
Have you checked the gaskets on both sides?

It's still puzzling why the leak would come back though. I can only think rust. Or your typical drive would involve a bump somewhere that would slowly dick up the exhaust eventually resulting in a hole. Hmm...this is a tough one.</TD></TR></TABLE>

it is a tough one bro... and its funny because its not a hole its the little gasket between the piping that keeps going bad no matter how many times i change it im about to just throw a straight pipe in it and call it at day

 

You're in new york... everything on your exhaust is probably rusted to **** if it's the stock 93 exhaust, or even been replaced once before. The whole cat back is like $200-250 for OEM replacement. Without the muffler it's probably $125... Fresh metal will last you another 5 years before it rusts through again

 

Try a better gasket. Like the cork kind. They seem to hold up pretty well from what I have seen.

Maybe your flange is fucked up that it isn't making a flush connection though. I would say screw it and have the muffler shop just weld it up.

 

forget it im just gonna buy all new piping off somebody anyways cuz im tired of dealing with it.... should i get 2.25 piping like stock or 2.5 piping???