Tag: exhaust system

What was the cause of this mysterious blow-by?

Driving vintage cars includes dealing with vintage smells

Ray lays out this tale of whoa. 

New pistons created new challenges for this Ford owner.

Do today's cars need highway miles to survive?

Tracking down the odd noise in Mike's Paseo might not be an exhausting job.

Everytime Vinnie hits a speedbump in his Nissan Maxima, he hears a thump, like something is loose in the trunk. He's double-checked and can't find the problem. Does Car Talk have a theory?

John remembers when cars had true dual exhaust systems. He wonders if today's two-tailpipe cars have any advantages over the single tailpipe variety. Car Talk's explanation here.

Gary likes the look of cars and trucks with chrome dual exhaust but he wonders if those doublle tail pipes are really doing anything or are just for show.

I went to get my car Toyota Tercel inspected and the inspector told me that my exhaust system which has never had any part of it replaced was bad and had to be replaced the whole thing from the exhaust...