Bolt on muffler...

[mvbighead]

Well, the muffler on one of my vehicles is making a ton of noise. I dropped it down and looked it over, and there were no major holes anywhere. The casing of the muffler itself looks a little bit rusty, and it might be thinning internally. I suspect I need to replace it, as I've already replaced the CAT due to a code it was throwing.

In looking at Rockauto, they sell the pipes, muffler, and clamps to replace my existing one. I am most likely going to go this route as it seems cheap enough. Any reason to be concerned with a bolt on, clamp on style of muffler instead of the soldered kind?

Total out the door is something like $250 for all the fittings, clamps, etc. That'll take me right up to the end of my new CAT, and I should be golden after that I figure. Just not completely sure of the bolt on style of muffler and pipes.

Car is a 2005 Equinox, FWIW.

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

If it seals it seals, bolt on or otherwise. I'd drive by the local muffler guy as they can probably get you the same price installed without you crawling under your car.

 

[mvbighead]

True enough, but I don't mind getting under there. Especially this stuff as it isn't very hard at all.

I just realized that RockAuto jacked their shipping methods up, which upped my price. Also, it seems I can find a less expensive route with Walker parts through Amazon. $110 plus $55 roughly for muffler and resonator pipe, brand new all the way to the CAT. Only one clamp to secure as the muffler is all one piece. Only question is whether there is a clamp on the existing muffler, and perhaps I can keep the existing pipe and just replace the muffler bits. I'll need to take a peek.

As for the muffler guy, well, it's generally quicker and easier for me to do this myself, as my muffler guy is about 20 miles away from where I work, and probably 40 from where I live. I'd guess there are more local options, but I don't really care to shop around.

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

Muffler guy could just cut off old and put in a new one if pipe is okay. I don't particularly mind working on my automobiles but there has to be $ incentive to do so as I value my time. If I can drop it off and come out around the same price no way in hell am I wasting my free time on working on a car.

 

[Ferzerp]

Muffler is one of the easiest things to do as long as you can get the old one off. As a teen, I even made my own cat back out of pipe and an aftermarket muffler. My old one was rusted out, and the oem system cost far more than I had at the time. Making my own cost under $100.