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Old 08-29-2013, 09:32 PM   #12 (permalink)
redpoint5
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Acura TSX - '06 Acura TSX
90 day: 24.19 mpg (US)

Lafawnda - CBR600 - '01 Honda CBR600 F4i
90 day: 47.32 mpg (US)

Big Yeller - Dodge/Cummins - '98 Dodge Ram 2500 base
90 day: 21.82 mpg (US)

Chevy ZR-2 - '03 Chevrolet S10 ZR2
90 day: 17.14 mpg (US)

Model Y - '24 Tesla Y LR AWD

Pacifica Hybrid - '21 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid
90 day: 57.45 mpg (US)
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You guys think I could get by with cutting the pipes behind the flanges and sliding a "funnel pipe" over the cat side pipe, and inside the muffler side, and putting a lot of exhaust sealer on it? If it's an in-depth issue, I may need to farm the work out due to not having any tools here...
Why can't you just bolt the pieces back together with a new gasket between them? I'd try to repair it properly first before resorting to crackpot engineering that is likely to fail sometime down the road...

I'm very impressed to see an older "American" car get such good mileage.

...and thanks for the tip about the water pooling in your car. I'm selling the wife's '97 Grand Prix, and I have found a pool of water on the passenger side before and didn't know where it came from. It might also explain the electrical gremlins.
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