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Rusty exhaust repair turns into full muffler replacement

Original: "Bam!" as # Knirps likes to say. Got the muffler out, which involved cutting off the super rusty bolts joining the two s

A car owner has removed a seized muffler after cutting through badly rusted bolts joining the exhaust sections. During the job, the connecting pipe broke off the muffler pot, which itself turned out to be beyond saving. The whole exhaust part now needs replacing, with a new one being ordered.

Why now: Car maintenance and repair stories resonate with home mechanics facing similar rusted-exhaust problems.

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• "Bam!" as # Knirps likes to say. Got the muffler out, which involved cutting off the super rusty bolts joining the two sections. It wasn't fun. As soon as it moved the other pipe broke off the muffler pot and upon seeing the rest of it, that pot is Schrott. So I'm ordering the… · yngmar@social.tchncs.de · 8

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