My customer had transmission work done. He brought it in because an exhaust leak developed. I assumed at first that the flange gaskets were not replaced when the exhaust was reinstalled. I even ordered them before the truck arrived. I'm glad I checked it out before repairing. This could have been quite embarrassing and unprofessional, had I fixed the wrong thing.
After 20 yrs my car exhaust flange had to go. The mechanic had to cut it off and then widen the cut. He cleaned the rust off of the pipe, and slid in another pipe. He welded it in and then put steel putty all over the pipe. All that took about 2 hours. I paid $309.00. Labor and pipe with trimmings!
A good time to practice your welding !
YMM?
I do like the short vids.
we call them wankers with a little knowledge
just spray detergent water on the tube and it will bubble up where it leaks.
Ray, if someone had a smoke machine, wouldn’t that be safer to check for exhaust leaks and not worry about burns, or missing something?
My car still has an exhaust leak, even though i had the body shop send it out to get checked while it was in for rear ending damage repair. The flex pipe i had just gotten replaced before i was hit i think is the culprit, since it sounds the same as before i had it replaced. However, they didnt wanna deal with it so now i have too
At work we had an exhaust leak on an old F250 we parked outside because we were getting rid of it. Of course, it was because someone stole the catalytic converter…
Youtuber Precision Transmissions had a split cat converter on a GM truck. Also had a jillion miles.
JB Weld and your good. Right?
So, can you weld or braze the cat converter split Are you going to replace the whole thing at a gazillion dollars?
Putting his hand THAT close to the exhaust gave me anxiety
Is "soapy wooder" a valid test method for an issue like this?
I use a stethoscope with a piece of brake line on the end of the hose to isolate exhaust leaks. It helps keep the skin on your hands and forearms
I worked in an exhaust shop for more than 10 years. When you see the same problem a thousand times it's so easy to make a mistake. If I told you that this never happened to me, I would be full of shit. Don't get complacent. Inspect every car like it's your first time seeing one.
My 2008 dodge RAM 1500 had that same problem at about 5000 miles. Warranty covered it.
Didn't we see a guy welding that crack. Same problem, he could weld it, because the catalyst was about 12 mm off the side there.
orange high temp.silicone!
thats the point here you bring out hte saw zaw and say fuck it
Pros bro. Damn
Great job diagnosing my father always said anyone can change parts but it takes the mechanic to figure out what's wrong
I miss them that all you have to understand
Okay , confirmed you heard enough
You understand all so abealive
Flex tape all the way baby!
Weld it
I saw the water, how i knew you was close to leak.
I didn't see broken sway bar links, I did however notice that the sway bar link bushings were MIA.
Easy just get a welder and weld up that split.
Scotty Kilmer would put paper thereto check the leak.
Ty
Little mig weld and all fixed
Mighty putty that sh
I can't believe how clean that truck is for the mileage. You Must be in the south, otherwise you would have scaling rust on the frame and the exhaust would be in alot worse shape.
Wow seem profesional thorought would 100% do buisness with you
Looks like that truck needs to go out for a potty walk, it's pissing all over the place 😳
We have something called gungum and it'll hold just fine. Untill it gets old and just put it on there again
The dodgy suspensions joint's is probably what knocking the shit out of the catalytic converter. Small problems lead to bigger one's.
Please tell me what state this is. The bottom of this truck looks great for 250k
Put some Bondo on that
Did it bother anyone else that he didnt lower it to the locks before goin under?
I'm not a professional, but I've always worked on my own vehicle to save money, and I've learned that with my luck, it's best to be safe and be thorough. It seems like every single time I'm "sure" about something being the problem, I end up finding out I was wrong. Usually after buying and installing parts that didn't fix it. You only do that a couple times before you learn to do your research.
Nice detective work.
I have a video from less than 2 weeks ago with 2 different size sway links on a lowered truck that off set the suspension. Crazy how blown those were…. I bet she clunked.
I’ll assume that crack can be welded.
"Just because you repaired one thing 1000 times, doesn't mean that's what it is 1001 times" Words to live by!
Always test! Maybe doubt yourself a little and test some more! lol