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crack in the Y-pipe after 50k miles...

Old 04-06-2004, 04:00 PM
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crack in the Y-pipe after 50k miles...

I probably put 50 thousand miles on my SLP headers and loudmouth. I was looking under my car...I noticed that my Y-pipe is cracked right where it meets again comming out of the headers. You think it's all the chicago weather, heat, why the hell is it cracked? I need a new one, there is a naughty leak comming out of it....
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Old 04-06-2004, 11:05 PM
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go to a muffler shop that does welding and they will probably fix it up for cheap.

I got it done for $20


BTW my name's chris too
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Old 04-07-2004, 07:50 PM
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What he said. Settling of motor mounts, a bad initial weld, vibration, anything could have caused it. Just have a muffler shop weld the crack,


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Old 04-07-2004, 09:38 PM
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wait a minute......how do you know I'm Chris? But thanks for the tip...I have to put it on my stuff to do to fix my car list. I will check it out....Is it safe to reweld.... It kinda cracked in that split...Nothing more....
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