Exhaust Tail Pipe. Keep off!? or not!?
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Exhaust Tail Pipe. Keep off!? or not!?
Hi, I'm new to the "Cherokee Form" and I have a situation that I'm not sure on what I should do about it. I have a 1999 Jeep Cherokee Sport XJ 4.0 V6 and the tailpipe fell off the hangers because they break (only 2) and then all of a sudden the tailpipe came out the muffler when I was moving it around. I can put it back in it seems because when I do it stays in stiff. So any suggestions?
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Ok, yeah I plan on fixing it right away but I just wanted to make sure it was ok to drive for now or if I should just let it sit. Thanks!
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Biggest worry would be sucking CO up into the passenger cabin. (since it's just the output flange rusted off, you're not going to get excessive noise for a while)
It's mostly a worry on station wagon type vehicles - like the Squarekee
Might want to keep a front vent window open or the vent fan on low.
I run no tailpipe on pickups (or bigger trucks, in the past) with no problem. It's just one less thing to keep fixing. Actually, my Chevy 4x4 pickup has a cat but no muffler or anything else behind it.
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Its not safe for you or passengers without it if you do drive it "ALWAYS KEEP WINDOWS DOWN"! Like said its not a PU its more like a station wagon enclosed all the way to the rear back bumper. Always maintain a full exhaust on all XJ's to be safe.
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See the hole in your muffler? There's supposed to be an exit pipe welded there. Yours has rusted and come apart. Only way to fix it is to get a new muffler. You may not need a new tail pipe, see if the piece that came off the muffler unbolts from the tailpipe. Then go get a new muffler, you can get anything from a glasspack (around 20-30 bux), to a flowmaster 40 (around 80-120 IIRC, depending on where you buy)...
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mine did the same thing last year. it got a bit louder, which is not really a problem. the problem is how much exhaust gets in the cabin now. I sourced another complete stock exhaust and I will swap it out soon.
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