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Old Feb 19, 2012 | 06:49 PM
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Exhaust flutter

I noticed a flutter sound from my exhaust when I give it a little gas.. Could I have a leak??
 

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Old Feb 19, 2012 | 07:45 PM
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I think a leak would sound more raspy than fluttery... Tough to say... Anything different in the fuel you're using right now? Does your power flutter as you accelerate?
 
Old Feb 19, 2012 | 07:48 PM
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I haven't noticed a lack of power.. I noticed my miles per tank dropped some recently..
 
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what exhuast do you have?
 
Old Feb 19, 2012 | 08:00 PM
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Everything is oem.. 83K on it.. My car is pretty low and scrape the underbody sometimes..
 
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my exhaust was leaking and it sounded how you were saying, just had to add a gasket and tighten it back up. fixed the problom.
 
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Yeah I'm thinking that's all it prolly is.. I'm gonna take a look when I get a chance..
 
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my exhaust was leaking and it sounded how you were saying, just had to add a gasket and tighten it back up. fixed the problom.
Did u notice a difference in gas mileage or anything??
 
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nah it was only doing it to for about a day and i looked under the car and i could see where it was leaking. but i had an eclipse and my flex pipe was leaking and i was getting pretty bad gas mileage.
 
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