Q:What are the causes of the engine exhaust system failure light?

You are not burning well

Q:I was thinking about cutting my exhaust right before the muffler and running a straight pipe. Can I do that?

Straight pipes were outlawed in the 1970's. They sure sound cool, tho.

Q:I have an 03 RSX type s, I want an hks catback exhaust this guy has on his 05-06. Will it be a direct bolt on for me or will it need some extras to make it work. Also would this be the same said if I wanted to put an 05-06 stock exhaust on my 03

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Q:i just want a good exhaust system and a good cold air intake system for my car to get more power and mileage and just want to know which brands are good. I was looking at a Spyder cold air intake for $68.87.

There is no best. The exhaust systems are just a slightly bigger than stock piping with a different muffler for sound. So just pick one with the sound you like. A cold air intake is the same thing. It's just a couple feet of piping that pulls air from the fender and tricks the maf into thinking it its flowing more air than it does to lean out the mixture and make a little more power. It doesn't make a difference what the name on the pipe is or the color of it so just pick one and enjoy the 2 HP you may or may not get.

Q:2004 Harley Road King Custom. I put on a Rinehart True Duel exhaust system. Now I get some popping when I let off on the throttle. Sounds cool but I need to sell it and want to stop it from happening.

It is needed sometimes.That popping is a sign of running lean.More important is how it acts when you take off from a stop or under load such as pulling a hill.If you hear any rattle(pinging) from the engine then yes that needs to be fixed.

Q:What are the two mesh-looking parts by the headers of exhaust system, directly before the catalytic converters. I need to know if I can cover them with exhaust heat shield wrap. They are ripping away from the cats, and causing air leaks.The whole point of this procedure is experimental:The Passat clearly needs the cats replaced (i.e. entire exhaust system), and o2 sensor. I hope this will clear up the check engine light.Thanks:)

The mesh is there to keep the flex pipe from flexing too much. If the mesh is torn loose, heat shield wrap won't do you any good. The flex part of the pipe is already broken, hence the air leaks. That means exhaust gasses are leaking from the pipe and that's not safe for the occupants of the car. Don't experiment in this area. Get the exhaust pipe replaced before you wake up in a ditch, or connected to the back of an 18 wheeler going to California. Who knows, you may not wake up at all. Then we can all say, Do you remember when Rene .?

Q:I would like to purchase an aftermarket exhaust system for my car. I have done some research and have found a Pacesetter Monza. A Borla exhaust part 11734. A Mandrel custom made exhaust. And a Trubendz custom made exhaust. I would like the exhaust to be relatively quiet because I still want to be able to hear someone while hitting the gas but i don‘t want it to be stock. I want some grunt. Plus i would like to have good airflow and a solid all round exhaust. Please help me find the right exhaust for my needs. I have about 300-350$. I will be installing myself.

Just buy something that will work. Come on, its a 1998 zx2. You probably have over 100,000 miles on it. Its a 4 cylinder and is never going to have any grunt. I'm not trying to rip on your car or anything, but just trying to give you a serious answer. zx2's are great cars and seem to last long. To good of air flow causes the engine to have lower torque at lower rpms and hurts performance so be careful if you go with a custom exhaust and do your research on the max size pipe you can go with before hurting torque.

Q:rotten exhaust system transmission slips busted rear bumper it runs but its rough around the edges.

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Q:i have a 97 avalon and want to replace the whole exhaust system. what kind of system would i get? is there a basic exhaust system kit for cars? or do i need a special system for the avalon itself? the manifold pipe is rusted out and the rest is in pretty bad shape. just want to replace the whole thing and not have to worry about any other parts rusting and having to listen to the obnoxious exhaust leak

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Q:I've been looking around, and there is a dual exhaust kit offered by GM which looks nice and I can get it for about $500 with the dual exhaust conversion kit (required since my stock exhaust is single).There is also the Dynomax Performance Super Turbo 19363 that can fit, and would be about $355 with the conversion kit and after mail-in rebates. I am thinking of going with this kit, if not the GM one.I've also some people put on Flowmaster 40's, but I don't know if they come in a complete exhaust kit. I have only found mufflers of that series.Corsa offers an exhaust kit, but it is $1,100 and I am not spending that much.I also have heard of Magnaflow, but the only system they have fits the current generation of Impala's which have a different frame and body style.I am not looking too much into performance gains (just a little gain if any), and I am looking for more of a nice sounding, free flowing system. Anybody got any opinions?

another fine example of a really crappy driver right there lol. backoff, thats why he was braking, to force you around before you ran him over.