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Car exhaust problem...

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DrumminBoy

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Here's a diagram of the problem.

Basically, the pipe that goes from my cat to my muffler has broken off from the flange on the cat. I went to the shop, hoping they could just weld it back on but supposedly there's too much "rust" and they need to buy and install a whole new pipe: $200. My car has 210k miles on it and I really dont want to spend $200 on a piece of pipe. Any ideas on how I could get this fixed? Does any place sell just a piece of pipe with a flange that I could take and have welded to my old pipe? I dont care if the job is all butchered up, its a 13 year old car that I dont plan on having 6 months from now, I'd just like to get rid of the noise.
 
WTF!!! don't spend 200 on that. My parents has a 93 mazada protge. Same problem there was a hole. my mom's friend a mechinic said either get it patched for 25 or get a new one. When to one store and it costed 170 the guy said it was a "universal muffler"
went to auto zone it costed 90. Keep trying places.
 
Take it to a new shop. I can't believe those asshats want $200 for that thing. We had it replaced on my car for about $120 more or less. (I think including a new muffler assembly as well) Assuming they didn't rip that pipe off, you could try to weld it back yourself temporarily.
 
If you aren't going to be getting it inspected again, just use a clamp to hold it on there. Get a piece of pipe the same width, and bend the ends of the two sections slightly so they fit inside, then clamp it down on both sides.
 
Which rip-off shop did you take it to? Midas? or Meineke? Obviously take it to a different shop. $200 bucks is a rip-off for that simple job, even if they have to replace the whole pipe. $100 bucks would be in the ballpark.
 
You're talking about the short, flanged pipe that goes between the cat and the muffler? If so, that's a tough pipe to repair. The bolts for the flanges usually have to be cut off and the pipe itself is a bit expensive, but $200 seems excessive. Plan on getting it done right, s/b about $125, with or without the muffler. Ain't no cheap way to rig it up.



Whoops, just saw the diagram. Still, what I said.
 
Originally posted by: DrumminBoy
Originally posted by: Black88GTA
Year/make/model/engine?
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1992 Honda Civic LX 1.5L
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Heh, doesn't look like a cheap pipe. Cheapest I saw at Advance online was $67. They didn't have pics of them though, so I don't know for sure which pipe it was - there was a bunch of them on there ranging from $67 to $122 or so. I didn't look at Autozone.

If I were in your shoes, I'd wait for a nice weekend, bust that pipe off, and take it in and match it up at an auto parts store. OR, find one in a junkyard - although, junkyard exhaust parts probably wouldn't last very long, and would be a pain in the ass to get off without damaging it.

As long as you can get the car into the air, exhaust work isn't really that hard to do yourself. If you do end up doing any work yourself, soak any bolt/nut you think you may possibly need to remove in PB Blaster overnight. Trust me on this. And wear safety glasses when working underneath, so you don't get rust chips + dirt in your eyes. They hurt.

Buy a couple lengths of hollow steel pipe to slip over your ratchet for quad torque multiplier + extra leverage bonus. 😉
 
Originally posted by: psteng19
$110 parts and labor included.
Pain in the ass to do it yourself unless you have a torch.
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Yeah, torch is handy. I've hacked a few (the flange bolts), drilled the threads on the cat, and bolted a new pipe on, but it's no picnic. And the pipe costs probably $70 - 80. If your not a wrench better get some estimates. That $110 looks about right.
 
Cut the flange off and got to a car parts store. In the exhaust section they have butt connectors not the right name but its just a short peice of pipe slightly bigger then normal pipe for connecting two pipes together when one isn't flared to fit over the other. Slip that over both parts and clamp it down.

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Used one on my van when I rigged up a temp exhasut on it. You can see it where the two clamps are real close together.
 
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