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Old Feb 27, 2010 | 10:37 PM
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Exhaust Problem

Hey guys, got a question again and i need the gurus to give me some suggestions.

I got a 02 6 spd 5.5 Gen. Recently i found out that the exhaust gas comes out of only one of two tail pipes (comes out of the right pipe, and the left pipe doesn't spit out any gas). I was wondering if anybody else has encountered this issue. I can't figure out the reason for this strange occurrence and would really appreciate some help from the forum.

Thanks. Jay
Old Feb 28, 2010 | 01:13 AM
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That's normal....its a variable volume exhaust muffer....low speed one port only, at high speed WOT both ports are flowing exhaust.....
Old Feb 28, 2010 | 01:59 AM
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someone did a cutaway of the oem muffler not to long ago, there is a flap on a spring that opens up once you reach a certain pressure
Old Feb 28, 2010 | 02:04 AM
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here ya go

http://forums.maxima.org/5th-generat...r-exposed.html
Old Feb 28, 2010 | 10:11 AM
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thanks guys. will research more in depth next time.
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