If you were to cut off your exhaust pipe the muffler would come off with it, sence it is attached to the very end... I would be alot louder, it might hurt your MPG rating....
You will have a smelly exhaust, and you may goto jail.... don't mess with the Cat.
Up streem or Down streem. The up streem is right after the exhaust manifold attaches to the down pipe, and the down streem one is after the cat and before the muffler.
The rattling is usually caused by the muffler vibrating against the car frame, more than likely because of a torn or worn brace. Braces hold the muffler and tailpipe(s) away from the frame to prevent vibration and damage. The loud sound may indicate a rupture in the muffler itself or somewhere along the tailpipe. If your brother said that the pipe isn't rotted, it may be the muffler itself that has a hole in it.
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You may have oil on the exhaust, once this has burnt off the smoke should stop.
The muffler is at the end of the exhaust pipe and reduces the sound emitted from it. An example of a sentence using the word "muffler" is "The mechanic had to replace the muffler and a section of the exhaust. "
on the exhaust pipe ;)
The exhaust valve, the exhaust manifold, the header pipe, the catalytic converter, the muffler and the tail pipe, not to mention the clamps and hangers.
It carries the exhaust away from each cylinder and routes it to the exhaust pipe where it flows to the catalytic converter and then to the muffler where the sound is deadened. It then flows from the muffler to the tailpipe where it is released into the atmosphere.
its about 2.5" but that is from the headers to the muffler and the tail pipe is 3"
That big pipe on the bottom of your car with the cat and muffler on it, ends in a tail pipe, squirts pixie dust.
carbon monoxide
Put a potatoe in the exhaust pipe
If the exhaust system was very leaky, the exhaust gasses would just leak out. If the system was well sealed, it might blow up the muffler or other component, or blow out a gasket. It might also just blow out whatever you stuck in the exhaust pipe.
Doing it yourself? Just the muffler? $50+/- Take it to a muffler shop where they'll replace the exhaust pipe, the tail pipe and the muffler with a "lifetime replacement", and it could get expensive.
It is in the exhaust pipe system. start looking in the exhaust system, starting up by the exhaust manifolds and work your way towards the muffler. There will not be any after the muffler. It is about 3 inches long and screewed into the exhaust pipe with a electric wire on the end of it.
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