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Dec 23, 2003 | 08:50 AM

HondaKilLR

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MAJOR Exhaust leak

Driving last night down PCH, all of a sudden my exhaust blows. It's been lacking power lately, and Im thinking it's my flex section.

I have a gen1 Cattman y-pipe with the shorty flex section wrapped with header wrap. Anybody else have the flex blow and can relate what it sounds like>??? Cause it sounds bad!!! Almost like a

help!!!

Dec 23, 2003 | 10:18 AM

HondaKilLR

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Bump!!! My car sounds like 67' Chevy. Is it a broken flex or worse? Thanks_

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Originally Posted by HondaKilLR

Driving last night down PCH, all of a sudden my exhaust blows. It's been lacking power lately, and Im thinking it's my flex section.

I have a gen1 Cattman y-pipe with the shorty flex section wrapped with header wrap. Anybody else have the flex blow and can relate what it sounds like>??? Cause it sounds bad!!! Almost like a

help!!!

Dec 23, 2003 | 12:54 PM

DanL

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Originally Posted by HondaKilLR

Bump!!! My car sounds like 67' Chevy. Is it a broken flex or worse? Thanks_

Instead of having people guess where the sound is coming from, put it on ramps or jack stands, crawl under, and listen. It won't be hard to find the culprit.

Dec 23, 2003 | 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by DanL

Instead of having people guess where the sound is coming from, put it on ramps or jack stands, crawl under, and listen. It won't be hard to find the culprit.

Yep, that's what I would do first. Visual inspection followed by feeling and listening until I found the source of the noise.