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Old 11-09-2002, 06:03 AM
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Angry I hit a rock.

Last night I came home from college to watch my younger brother's rock band play in a "Battle of the Bands" contest. His band was great. It was a high-school thing, and none of the other bands were nearly as musically proficient or technically tight as his group was.

After the show, I went home to my actual house (as opposed to my apartment on campus) which lies at the end of a dirt road in the middle of nowhere in southwestern New Hampshire. Although most of the snow downtown had melted, I wasn't surprised to see a fair amount of the white stuff on the sides of the road, and even a little strip of it going down the middle.

When the road turned to dirt, I noticed a giant hunk of what appeared to be snow lying smack dab in the middle of the road. "Well," I figured, "I'll just go over it. It looks like snow, and even if it isn't, I'll probably clea-BANG!!!!!!!!!"

damnit.

I stopped the car, let it idle for a couple seconds, revved the engine a few times to listen for any change in exhaust note. *whew* ..nothing seemed to be wrong..

I got out, found the rock, and tossed it off to the side. I can't understand what a rock that large was doing dead center in the road. I can only think that the frost pushed it up recently. I got back in my car and was greeted by what sounded like a cross between a Stebro and a water buffalo. Something was wrong with the exhaust. I gunned the throttle a couple times and sure enough, there was a serious leak somewhere in the exhaust.

We got home and I had my girlfriend tickle the accelerator while I peered around under the car with a flashlight as best I could on a muddy driveway at 11:30 at night. I isolated the leak to somewhere in the front-left quarter of the vehicle. We'll see. At the most, it'll cost me about $320 for a new front pipe, and at the least it'll be a couple of bucks for a gasket or some tape.

I'm headed to my girlfriend's father's house sometime today to take a look underneath. Thank god it's supposed to be a nice weekend. I know this problem is absolutely trivial compared to what COULD have happened, but I'm pissed off at myself nonetheless. Wish me luck.

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Old 11-09-2002, 07:00 AM
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Old 11-09-2002, 11:43 AM
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OWWIE, i know that sound, needless to say i have bottomed out numerous times. i think the roads and parking lots around here were made for pick-ups. hope all is well, goodluck

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I have found those rocks that have rolled abound in the snow as well. I have learned like you have, that what looks like snow may not be all snow. Good luck.
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I have found those rocks that have rolled abound in the snow as well. I have learned like you have, that what looks like snow may not be all snow. Good luck.
I've also learned that what looks like one inch of water may actually be a foot. I've gotten to where I don't even drive over paper bags any more.
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Old 11-10-2002, 12:33 AM
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Couldn't you get it patched?
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Old 11-10-2002, 06:58 AM
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*whew*

it's only a gasket. The part where the two individual pipes flow into the connecting cat.. one of the donut gaskets is leaking pretty bad and the other has a small leak. It's kind of amazing how such a small hole can create such a huge sound. It seriously sounds like a performance exhaust right up until about 4k rpms, then the engine is pushing enough gasses out to just force right past that hole and it sounds relatively normal from 4k-6.5k...

These gaskets SHOULD be easy to get once my local dealership parts counter opens for business on Monday or Tuesday.. It'll just be half a can of PB Blaster and about 45 minutes to unbolt and clean everything..

I was initially so worried because my first Subaru had chronic exhaust manifold problems. It had gotten to the point where I wasn't going to be able to seal up the manifold without buying a new cylinder head..

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