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Help! Y pipe flex section broken

Old Jul 29, 2001 | 10:16 AM
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I noticed yesterday at Maxus my car was sounding funny. Well for one I was driving to 7-11 with my hood on the secondary support. But two, I was next to a truck and it sounded like an exhaust leak. When I got back to the field I looked under the car and sure enough it was leaky alright. Once I got home I examined closer since I had jackstands. I was hoping a bolt just fell off, but low and behold my flex pipe had split. OK, what are my best options to fix this? I hate driving around with a buzzy exhaust. Jeff92SE, I remember you replaced your flex section?
Old Jul 29, 2001 | 11:35 AM
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ask Cattman, maybe he'll do something about it.
BTW congrats on your purchase of te Honda CBR F4i. Which color did you get? I liek the Silver/Black. Looks awesome. I hate the one headlight thingy. My uncle has a RC51 and his lights are like that also.
Old Jul 29, 2001 | 12:22 PM
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Originally posted by ericdwong
I noticed yesterday at Maxus my car was sounding funny. Well for one I was driving to 7-11 with my hood on the secondary support. But two, I was next to a truck and it sounded like an exhaust leak. When I got back to the field I looked under the car and sure enough it was leaky alright. Once I got home I examined closer since I had jackstands. I was hoping a bolt just fell off, but low and behold my flex pipe had split. OK, what are my best options to fix this? I hate driving around with a buzzy exhaust. Jeff92SE, I remember you replaced your flex section?
Man that sucks how long have u had it
Old Jul 29, 2001 | 12:28 PM
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I had a leak with my Warpspeed flex section and it was making a loud buzzing too.

I bought the lined flex section and put it on this week. It fixed the buzzing, but now my car feels like it runs hard. Looking closer, it looks like the new lined section actually expands and contracts on itself.

So if you're considering the Lined flex, you might want to wait. I'm going to take the pipe down again this week and take another look at it. I'll keep you posted.
Old Jul 29, 2001 | 03:51 PM
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Well hopefully Cattman will send you a new one. If I paid $400 for a Y-pipe which claimed to have superior construction and flex section, I would be pretty dissapointed if it broken. I think as a matter of customer service, Cattman should replace it if it is determined that the flex section broke to a manufacturing defect and not a road hazard.
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