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Over the weekend had a friend stop by with this (new to him) 996 to install a set of FabSpeed MaxFlow Mufflers... I told him it was going to be an easy swap and that we should be done in less than an hour or so...
Well... 6 hours later and two trips to Lowes for stainless steel bolts.... we were done
Every frigging bolt in that exhaust sytem was corroded to the point we had to break, cut, grind most of them
We also noticed a leak that we will need to trace so anyone here that have seen this, please chime in...
Here are a few photos of the leak:
Muffler removed:
New FabSpeed can:
Yep, It's a PITA
Took me about the same time to do that job and 2 dremels later. Nice work
I had a similar oil leak. For me it was the spark plug o-rings. You can remove the metal cover over the coils and see if that�s it.
I have to review the car history... but pretty sure that it was not a Florida car all its life... by the level of rust it looked like it had been exposed to salty roads, snow slush, etc...
I also told the owner that he needed to get rid of all that cosmoline... this thing can look a 1,000 time better by just cleaning all that crap out.
BTW, the owner does not need/want the old mufflers... so (not sure why... but...) if anyone wants/need them just say the word... I can't store them in my garage.... to much crap already... and just can't seem to bring myself to put them out for the garbage truck to pick them up...
