DIY Exhaust leak patch advice?

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Is this close enought to cars in general?

Anyway, so as much as I like how my car sounds vs. an idiot paying thousands to get the same constipation sound out of their Rice Rocket it might be a better idea that I fix the exhaust leak (getting pretty loud as well). At the moment it's near the rear tire and it looks like a [ shape. It's not a hole... its part of a seam and because the idiot that decided to run the seam the length of the pipe instead of the traditional way of linking pipes together and then welding. So, that WHOLE seam started to rust and the LITTLE whole that I patched was made bigger because it blew around the patched area. Can this problem be solved with a patch or does the whole damn thing have to be replaced? If it can be patch what should I do for material and processes? The first time I used JB welder for patch.

Thanks for your help

Nick
 
well what's your budget? u want a quick fix or a permanent one?

Remember...Rust=Car cancer...

to do it right u need to take the exhaust down and sand down the rust to the bare clean metal and weld the seam closed and this time use heat resistant paint or another form of sealer to keep the seam out of the air...

but instead of goin to all that trouble u could just get the exaust (or that section of exhaust) remade...



as a metal gets hotter the Rate of Corrision rises Exponentially... so it's important to protect them as much as possible.. or use non corrosive metals...
 
good to know thanks... I took the quick fix route and hopefully it holds for a while... it's definitely a lot better now. I miss the sound so much though. :(
 
What are you driving?

I've never heard a car with an exhaust leak that sounds good :p
(This includes various GM W-bodies of the 80's, older vans, Toyota Corollas, and various other trashed imported and american 80's cars. Plus the occasional late-model minivan)
 
It's an '88 toyota corolla (wannabe 86 :rolleyes: )

eh... well if you have heard what some Rice rockets sound like mine is surprizingly not bad for stock with a hole in it. :lol:
 
:lol: dude seriously because it was a [ flap I think it acted like a resonator and there for had an aftermarket exhaust sound... The problem was it was getting way noisy and my friend always complained I would fall asleep and die at the wheel. I should have taken pics of what it looked like and sounded like I really miss the sound... :grumpy: :lol:
 
Victor Vance
Riiiight :rolleyes:

VipFREAK: That's a 4-age under the hood or not?
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What the hell is that suppose to mean? I got it before this damn inital d crap and I don't drift... I'm just pointing out that it was the generation after they changed from rwd to frd.

btw it's a 4ag not 4age
 
4-Age is the later version of the 4-ag. You should watch IniD Second Stage, 4-Age was a later motor, and TRD also made a special 20-valve version, without VVT for a japanese racing series called Touring A, and the Toyota Atlantic series (kinda like Star Mazda) in the 90's. That racing version made 240 hp @ 11,000 RPM.

The production version? Somewhat less. The AE91 had the 4-age 16 valve I thinki.
 
Well, I'm not into that crap of suping up an underpowered car... not to mention it's on it's last legs well appearance wise. Besides I can kick peoples as it is :lol: Not even gonna mention how much hp it has... you figure that out and don't come and rub it in my face.
 
I'll just take a ballpark guess and say it's 165. You know, AE91 info is hard to find :p

j/k

Anyway, do you know which motor it is? If it has a belt driven cam it's probably the 4-age :drool:
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(4-age in a AE86, not unlike Takumi's)
 
Victor Vance
4-Age is the later version of the 4-ag. You should watch IniD Second Stage, 4-Age was a later motor, and TRD also made a special 20-valve version, without VVT for a japanese racing series called Touring A, and the Toyota Atlantic series (kinda like Star Mazda) in the 90's. That racing version made 240 hp @ 11,000 RPM.

The production version? Somewhat less. The AE91 had the 4-age 16 valve I thinki.
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there's a 20 valve Street version as well.. made 200hp came with ITB's on it too!

Remember the 4A-GE came in the Celica and the MR2 as well.. not just the hachi
 
There isn't a Celica in IniD :D

No s**t a 20 valve in SW20, and, hopefully, RA/TA 60? Ergh, but if the MA60 has a 3.0 in it, and the 2JZ is 3.0, why not just that?
 

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