Anyone have any quick helpful tips to find out where an exhaust leak is coming from? Getting really frustrated lol...thinking maybe the resonator in my test pipe failed, I guess pulling the entire exhaust off is the best option?

 

Bang on the resonator, if it's broken you'll hear it rattling in there. I've broken two or three of those. Finally just bought straight test pipes.

 

When I brought the FX in once and had this exhaust shop check for a leak they looked for black soot at the connections.

 

Whats the sound issue? I would think a leak and a fail resonator would sound quite different.

 

Yhe resonator would rattle, leak would be a hissing sound

 

If you think it's a leak, stuff some cloth into exhaust outlets or have someone block them with gloves on. Then go under the car and put your hand over and around the exhaust pipes/joints to see if you can feel any leaks while listening for any hissing sounds. Make sure to turn your car on just before you crawl under the car so you don't have hot piping hovering over you. It'll get hot pretty quick, though.

 

It's definitely a rattle, gets more aggressive when the rpm's climb..i'm thinking test pipes or flex joints in my y-pipe..all started after a ran over that dead dog in the highway

 

Your car is now Haunted from the Dead Dog you ran over....it will always rattle to make you aware of his Soul !

 

Ya mine was a metallic rattling sound. I bottomed out getting in and out of a friends driveway that was paved but they are bricking it so there was a large drop off.

 

Quite on here today. I paid the remainder of my exhaust today, so it can just ship when its ready

 

^Nice! Now the waiting game begins. I'll text you tomorrow about the inspection stuff and we can plan a time that works.


Anyone happen to have a .45 XDS? Someone recommended one of those, so I wanted to try it out.

 

sounds good,

 

interesting story about the gt-r engines
http://www.autoblog.com/2013/07/25/n...-takuma-video/

 

I had a .9mm XDS...really a good gun. it held like 18 +1 I had 3 clips.

I hear the .45 is a better gun tho & I agree.

 

i have the glock 9, and been itching to go to the range... we should figure something out

 

You sure it was an XDS and not an XD or XDM? I think the 9mm XDS just recently came out. It's a single stack gun, so it only holds 7 rounds I believe. They took the .45 body and just stuck in 9mm internals, so it weighs more since the barrel has more material to be smaller. Sounds like the .45 shoots just fine, and it's thin so it's good for concealed carry.

Target Masters in Garland should have one to shoot, so I thought about going there. I can't remember if that's where I did my CHL qualification, but the location seems similar.

 

grrrr, work just told us that they are going to move us to a bldg that doesnt have covered parking. time to get a beater, moped... or one of these

http://www.hailprotector.com/

 

Passed the inspection, yay!

Travis, I want one of those hail protectors in clear so I can drive around with it on. Looks like an airstream.

 

I want my ABS fixed already ! Sheez....been about a month without the Z.

I can drive it, but not feeling too safe without the brakes working 100%.

As long as you drive it slow and no hard braking you are fine.

I did find out a good aspect to disconnecting your ABS tho....your Speedo will not register speed...therefore, your mileage doesn't show up either !

So you can basically dis-engage your ABS and drive the car without any mileage showing up.

 

That's got to drive you nuts driving around with every single light on the dash on. Have you tried to trouble shoot it any more? Or post in the Maintenance / Repair section on this forum see if anybody is able to help you out.