ARLVtec

I recently ran over a chunk of ice or snow, and with a lowered civic it ended up cracking, or putting a hole in something between my headers, and exhaust, or its right in the split of the resonator and the headers.

It's to cold to fix it at the moment, but i put together a few clips to show the problem, anyone else ever have this happen? and if i have to replace anything? or is there any sort of fix for it? Thanks


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-7QJrIebQo

tkjode

iTrader: (1)

Tough to tell what the problem is... just looks like a leaky exhaust to me... get it up on a lift and you'll get your answer. I can't imagine ice punching a hole through a resonator, unless, of course, it's made of tinfoil.

Jonsin

yea .. it might have shook the pipes and maybe shifted the gasket so it burned or what not, or busted a rusty bolt. It happened to me after that blizzard day too, accel feels sluggish so my exhaust is probably leaky just too lazy to get it fixed atm

ARLVtec

yea true, it snowed hard in barrie, i should of raised it when i had the chance, lol thanks for the info

larryellison99

looks like it is at the convertor

trunk_munkey

I would have agreed with a bolt or a gasket but after watching the clip..... its all f'ed up. you need a new flux capacitor I think

ARLVtec

I we talking "Back to the future"? lol

trunk_munkey

heheh seriously it sounds like the doughnut gasket at the flex point isn't seated properly. I think you can get them for 20 bucks and the spring kit for 5 is worth the investment. Try and wiggle the flex joint around you might get lucky and it'll seat better than it is now for a Temp fix.

ARLVtec

thanks for the info i'll definitely try that, i decided to park it for the winter anyway don't want to **** anything else up lol

JDMej1

your exhaust could just be real rusty and the bump just freed up a bunch of rust and now its leaking, so an easy fix could be replace the gaskets and the spring kit would be good too, and just make sure you use a lot of exhaust sealer

btw its header not headers... you only have one lol.

ARLVtec

thanks for all the opinions, i got it fixed recently it was just a huge rust hole in the middle of my exhaust pipe where the weld was holding it

ol Dusty

iTrader: (2)

that's been my guess had I read this earlier. goin on the fact that it looks OEM down there. I'd say (since you parked it) nows the time to start saving up and do a full header back exhaust set up in the spring. stainless won't do this to you.

JDMej1

werd. it'll save a lot of hassle, look and perform better too

jdm_77

could it be the o2 sensor falling off? idk what engine u have so i wouldnt know where it is located on your engine but its possible its at the bottom on the header.

ARLVtec

true, ill definitely look into thanks guys, ill do all the work in summer, way to ****ing cold right now lol, i just want to rip my car fast again