He looked and found my suspected exhaust leak and then said...that sucks. Hope you can find a guy to get that off(exhaust manifold). Have a nice day. Uhhhh, is it REALLY that difficult guys? Let me know!
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Went to a muffler guy today....
He looked and found my suspected exhaust leak and then said...that sucks. Hope you can find a guy to get that off(exhaust manifold). Have a nice day. Uhhhh, is it REALLY that difficult guys? Let me know!
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Post a picture of it, we will let you know...Originally Posted by gamerguy51
-----Dan B.
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This is a newish exhaust circa 2001...no real rust besides on the manifold and studs
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as said a picture would help!
By the sounds of it you need to go to another shop, that guy sounds like a jerk/idiot.
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Believe, if he doesn't want to do it, you don't want him to try.
If the tech doesn't know what he's doing, here's what can go wrong:
He breaks off a stud or two, attempts to drill it out and drills a hole into the head (coolant or oil leak).
He breaks off a stud or two, puts it back together without them, and it leaks exhaust again in a week.
He doesn't break any studs, but doesn't bother to resurface the manifolds, and it leaks again in a week.
Or any combination of the above.
You want to find someone who's worked on rusty parts screwed into aluminum before and isn't afraid of it. You won't generally find such a person at a chain store muffler shop.
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a few years ago i had a guy say he would work on my delorean. Then he saw it and back out. i was pissed at the time, but now i get it.
They are scared to break it. Now i just do everything myself or take it to an expert. There is practically nothing in-between.
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He was actually cool about it and never promised anything to begin with. It was nice drive or to his place though. And I confirmed my suspicion is an exhaust leak
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Well I will be watching this thread, with the help of my dad we will be tackling this job over the weekend. I have called around my area. Mom and pop shops as well as chain's. No one wants to touch it.
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Don't even think about it unless you have a good acetylene torch handy. That's really the best trick to getting it apart without breaking anything.
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