Is it bad to drive with hole in exhaust

anniehoo

Cant afford to get to a garage until payday, but the car (1.4 Civic) is sounding more and more like a little boy racer suped up car over the last 2 weeks, so presuimg there's a hole somewhere in the exhaust system.

Is it dodgy to drive on it for the next 2 weeks do you think?

opinion guy

Al Gore will not be pleased :mad:

ABajaninCork

The exhaust has a hole in it, or it's broken.

Same thing happened to my car. Got a mechanic to weld it together, and it held pretty well. I put the car through the NCT, sold it over a year later and it still held! AFAIK it's still going now! Only paid E35 for the repair.

Is this an option for you, OP?

dharn

ABajaninCork wrote: »

The exhaust has a hole in it, or it's broken.

Same thing happened to my car. Got a mechanic to weld it together, and it held pretty well. I put the car through the NCT, sold it over a year later and it still held! AFAIK it's still going now! Only paid E35 for the repair.

Is this an option for you, OP?

As long as you intend to get it repaired soon no damage will be done shorterm , danger of fumes getting to car if stationary in traffic with window open

biko

Is it bad to drive with hole in exhaust?

Mechanically, not really, but it could mess with the sensors depending on where the hole is.
You should probably get a mechanic to check it and then decide whether it needs fixing right now or can wait.

ABajaninCork

dharn wrote: »

As long as you intend to get it repaired soon no damage will be done shorterm , danger of fumes getting to car if stationary in traffic with window open

It was a clean break. Was well pissed off as it was a new exhaust which had only been fitted six months previously. Mechanic thought it was the damndest thing he's ever seen...Bloody Irish roads :mad:

keithsfleet

I'm in the same boat as you, been driving round with a 3inch section of pipe just before the back box missing since Christmas day.
The New part I need is nearly 600 euro so will be driving it like that for the next few weeks.
Kind of getting fed up with people beside me in traffic beeping me and asking why I have smoke coming from behind my rear passenger wheel.

anniehoo

keithsfleet wrote: »

The New part I need is nearly 600 euro so will be driving it like that for l.

:eek: If i get a bill for that much, the cars going to the scrap yard.

Thatnastyboy

keithsfleet wrote: »

I'm in the same boat as you, been driving round with a 3inch section of pipe just before the back box missing since Christmas day.
The New part I need is nearly 600 euro so will be driving it like that for the next few weeks.

Is it made of gold?? :P

Surely if you're just missing a 3" cut of pipe it can be welded in ?

What part is costing you that :eek:

Indricotherium

Thatnastyboy wrote: »

Is it made of gold?? :P

Platinum maybe?

keithsfleet

17 year old Japanese import.
Need to replace the cat anyway so its from the down pipes to the back box I'm replacing and camskil are asking for a shade under 600 after the exchange rate.

projectgtr

keithsfleet wrote: »

17 year old Japanese import.
Need to replace the cat anyway so its from the down pipes to the back box I'm replacing and camskil are asking for a shade under 600 after the exchange rate.

whats the car?

Thatnastyboy

keithsfleet wrote: »

17 year old Japanese import.
Need to replace the cat anyway so its from the down pipes to the back box I'm replacing and camskil are asking for a shade under 600 after the exchange rate.

I was thinking a mitsi as you said camskill...
and as you say down pipeS......

v6?
legnum or fto?

Pardon me if im way off