Something loose inside muffler

***BlaqkAudio*** · 02-17-2008, 06:12 PM

I recently purchased an Si axleback from another member here, and I just took it out of the box today and noticed a rattling. It sounds like a nut or something fell inside and got stuck (yes, it may be a weld that came loose, but the muffler is almost new). I even shook the muffler while staring down the exhaust tip with a flashlight, but I couldn't see anything.

Any tips on how to get whatever it is out of there?

bioevolve · 02-17-2008, 06:24 PM

Maybe a baffle broke loose inside of it, or something got jammed thru the inside the middle of the muffler. You can try shaking it in different directions and flip it around some and hopefully it will fall out thru the mase of baffles, short of cutting it open. Try a long flexible shafted magnet stick.

***gotsnodooks*** · 02-17-2008, 06:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlaqkAudio

I recently purchased an Si axleback from another member here, and I just took it out of the box today and noticed a rattling. It sounds like a nut or something fell inside and got stuck (yes, it may be a weld that came loose, but the muffler is almost new). I even shook the muffler while staring down the exhaust tip with a flashlight, but I couldn't see anything.

Any tips on how to get whatever it is out of there?

If there are any probs with it let me know....it was only on the car for about 2 or 3 weeks before I took it off and replaced it with the HFP. So nothing should be wrong with it. Just PM me if you have any further issues.

***Whocares05050*** · 02-17-2008, 06:56 PM

It must be the muffler bearings.........

lol

***Zeuceone*** · 02-17-2008, 06:59 PM

thats what she said.

***BlaqkAudio*** · 02-17-2008, 08:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bioevolve

You can try shaking it in different directions and flip it around some and hopefully it will fall out thru the mase of baffles, short of cutting it open.

This did the trick. After several minutes of shaking, turning and flipping, what appeared to be a small, blackened weld popped out of the exhaust tip.

Quote:

Originally Posted by gotsnodooks

If there are any probs with it let me know....it was only on the car for about 2 or 3 weeks before I took it off and replaced it with the HFP. So nothing should be wrong with it. Just PM me if you have any further issues.

Thanks for the concern. I'm going to go ahead and install the muffler anyway since I got the thing out. Hopefully this is not a sign that a baffle will fall off or something.

02-17-2008, 06:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
*BlaqkAudio* The Slip Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: New Rochelle, NY / Stony Brook, NY Age: 18 Posts: 824 James iTrader: 2 / 100%	Something loose inside muffler I recently purchased an Si axleback from another member here, and I just took it out of the box today and noticed a rattling. It sounds like a nut or something fell inside and got stuck (yes, it may be a weld that came loose, but the muffler is almost new). I even shook the muffler while staring down the exhaust tip with a flashlight, but I couldn't see anything. Any tips on how to get whatever it is out of there?

02-17-2008, 06:56 PM	#4 (permalink)
*Whocares05050* WHOcaREs05050 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: SOFLA Age: 100 Posts: 14,709 Mike iTrader: 7 / 100%	It must be the muffler bearings......... lol __________________

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02-17-2008, 06:24 PM	#2 (permalink)
bioevolve Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Cape Coral, Florida Posts: 432 iTrader: 7 / 100%	Maybe a baffle broke loose inside of it, or something got jammed thru the inside the middle of the muffler. You can try shaking it in different directions and flip it around some and hopefully it will fall out thru the mase of baffles, short of cutting it open. Try a long flexible shafted magnet stick.