> My current exhaust hole,leak,is of the pin hole variety.It is after all 4 > headers come together ,and next to the oxygen sensor(1.9).It wont idle .It > stalls,backfires.has real bad drivability(whats new).I took it to a shop to > have the exhaust checked.I had to rev the engine to keep it running for the > mechanic to check it out. I sat in the van way up on the lift.A small leak > at the o2 senser was the villian(still is). Roger: Buy a tube of muffler mud at your FLAPS and push a bit in the pin hole. It will seal for some time--maybe months. Anyway, it will confirm that the pin hole was your problem. Muffler mud is the duct tape of the exhaust.... Richard A Jones Boulder, Colorado |
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