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Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 12:22 am 
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hi guys,
on my ED XR6, the muffler has a sort of rattle sound when it down gears from high revs. Its not rattling against the car of bracket, it seems 2 be within the muffler. any ideas what it could be? time for a new one? iv gota one lying around, the inlets are da same and everything is identical 2 my current one, any1 know what it would cost 2 fit just a new muffler?
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Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 12:23 am 
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The insides have Worn away, Same thing happend to my old mans EB, You need a new Muffler
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Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 12:28 am 
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yeah the baffle inside the muffler has come away, mine did the same thing some time ago..
time for a new one...

 

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Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 12:37 am 
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Southy wrote:
The insides have Worn away, Same thing happend to my old mans EB, You need a new Muffler


orite, well iv got one here i can put in, its a "turbo something" cant quite memba the name, if ya say it il know it, will it change the sounds 2 much cauz at da moment it sounds awesome?, lol thanks Southy and sexyr6

 

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Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 11:18 pm 
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More than likely your cat has had a s**t. The sound is the honey comb shratnale is rattling around in your muffler and cant get out.

 

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Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 5:49 am 
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i had same problem in the ef! just took half the exhaust off lol!

 

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Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 4:15 pm 
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orite i see, so whats the best thing to do? prolli just go to an exhaust place and see what they recon, il prolli change da muffler anyway cauz when itap it i can here something in there, and i mite just ask about the cat, any idea's on what it would cost to just put the new muffler on? cheers guys

 

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Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 12:34 am 
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the muffler i have says "Super Turbo" with the numbers "177318343"
does this mean anything? lol anyone no anything about this particular one?

 

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Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 6:48 pm 
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it doesnt matter, As long as it fits
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Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 10:50 pm 
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orite thanks, dats good i know it fits so it shouldnt b a problem, is it a good brand?

 

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