muffler sounds rough

[quote:d4f2928573="reihau"]Hi,

I had the muffler & tail pipe replaced when I lived in CA from a well-known auto parts/repair shop when the car had 165,000 miles. Now I'm going to school in Maine and the car has almost 203,000 miles. I was recently informed by a mechanic that I need an entire exhaust system, almost $400-500. The car has a rough sound all the time, sort of like a motorcycle...can it be possible that I need a new exhaust system?[/quote:d4f2928573]

Maybe it needs a new exhaust plumbing from the exhaust manifold to tail pipe or the wrong type components were installed.

BTW what did they do with the catalytic converter

[quote:51cd84c4e4="rasmataz"][quote:51cd84c4e4="reihau"]Hi,

I had the muffler & tail pipe replaced when I lived in CA from a well-known auto parts/repair shop when the car had 165,000 miles. Now I'm going to school in Maine and the car has almost 203,000 miles. I was recently informed by a mechanic that I need an entire exhaust system, almost $400-500. The car has a rough sound all the time, sort of like a motorcycle...can it be possible that I need a new exhaust system?[/quote:51cd84c4e4]

Maybe it needs a new exhaust plumbing from the exhaust manifold to tail pipe or the wrong type components were installed.

BTW what did they do with the catalytic converter[/quote:51cd84c4e4]

The car still has the orig. catalytic converter. Is it possible that the muffler or tail pipe has a hole and that only one of those parts needs to be replaced?

Thank you for your advice.

RH

[quote:7b1aa27090="reihau"][quote:7b1aa27090="rasmataz"][quote:7b1aa27090="reihau"]Hi,

I had the muffler & tail pipe replaced when I lived in CA from a well-known auto parts/repair shop when the car had 165,000 miles. Now I'm going to school in Maine and the car has almost 203,000 miles. I was recently informed by a mechanic that I need an entire exhaust system, almost $400-500. The car has a rough sound all the time, sort of like a motorcycle...can it be possible that I need a new exhaust system?[/quote:7b1aa27090]

Maybe it needs a new exhaust plumbing from the exhaust manifold to tail pipe or the wrong type components were installed.

BTW what did they do with the catalytic converter[/quote:7b1aa27090]

The car still has the orig. catalytic converter. Is it possible that the muffler or tail pipe has a hole and that only one of those parts needs to be replaced?

Thank you for your advice.

RH[/quote:7b1aa27090]

Your Welcome

Get somebody underneath to listen maybe its not sealed/welded right-intensify the noise,so that the listener gets to pinpoint the leak.