Hey /o/ ive got a question.
I just got a 1990 chevy cheyenne 1500, and its sputtering badly due to a hole in the exhaust pipe leading up to the muffler. I know it will be obnoxiously loud if i cut it off where the hole in the pipe is, but will it affect how the truck runs if i do?
>>14774708
By sputtering do you mean you can hear the exhaust coming out of the hole? But anyways yes you can cut it off. But put a turn down on it facing towards the side of the truck so you don't have exhaust floating around underneath the truck. It might be a little loud but not too bad. Did that on my 2002 1500.
>>14774708
Photo of the hole in the pipe.
>>14774757
Sputtering as air attempting to leave the hole(in the photo below) and making the truck shake as it blows out.
>>14774782
Ah OK. Was gonna say if the engine is sputtering then it wasn't the exhaust at fault. But ya that's about where I cut mine off. Should be fine.
>>14774708
As long as you leave the cats on, it won't be loud.
>>14774793
Thanks man. Ill post an update later tonight.
>>14774773
>Wrap soup can around
>Hose clamp down
>>14774782
>making the truck shake as it blows out.
I've never seen an entire vehicle shake just from a hole in the exhaust pipe.
Is there something more to this?
>>14775006
Almost definitely.
>>14774708
put a soup can and exhaust clamps, instead of cutting it off
>>14775006
vee aight bitch :3
>>14774708
>sputtering badly due to a hole in the exhaust pipe
>sputtering badly
>due to a hole in the exhaust pipe
Sounds more like a vacuum leak, timing issue, stuck egr valve, upstream O2 sensor, or any number of things.
but sputtering caused by a hole in the exhaust pipe? Well,... idk 'bout that son
>>14775037
>V8
Vee-8, shmee-8, v-6, 4-banger, makes no difference.
>>14775053
Did you see the large hole in the pipe?
>>14774994
The muffler itself is gone too.