TeGGeR ( Exhaust Question)

"twfsa" wrote in news:QTT0g.978$9c6.95@dukeread11:

Why?

I'm not familiar with this specific setup, but you may well be able to flex it enough to get the gasket out. You may have to undo a bracket or two downstream, I don't know.

The chance of you being able to undo those bolts is next to nothing. You'll probably just snap them in two. Go to the dealer and get a new bolt set (you'll probably get new springs as well). Don't substitute aftermarket bolts. They often have the wrong step profile.

If yours are anything like mine, you can either just twist until they break, or hacksaw them in half in the middle of the spring. The other end of the bolt is held by a nut that will fall off once you break/cut the bolt. Watch the spring! It's under tension!

Torque on the flange bolts is on the order of 16 ft lbs. Tighten evenly little by little, alternating side to side.

The reason I want to R/R the flange gasket is I suspect it to be leaking and causeing a what sounds like a rattle in the exhaust system, when the rpms are at 2000-2300. I have read about other owners experienceing the this problem.

Tom

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I had mine apart a month ago. Leave the exhaust system in place while working on the 'donut' gasket. The springs aren't terribly strong, and the bolts that go through the springs are only held on by the small nuts. There are no threads on either of the flanges. I used a nut buster to mangle the nuts and Vise Grips to get them loose. Don't try to turn the bolts since the nuts are the key to the job. I got replacements for the nuts at Canadian Tire.

'Curly'

"twfsa" wrote in news:7D31g.1000$9c6.694@dukeread11:

More likely a heat-shield's loose. You're just the right age for that.

"'Curly Q. Links'" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@interbaun.com:

Guess I overstated the corrosion issue. How much rust can an '01 have on its exhaust anyway?

You're probably more right than I am here, but I still think our friend has a loose heat shield, not anything wrong with his gasket. How often do those go bad, anyway? I'VE never seen one.

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Yeah, he was asking HOW to do it. I didn't feel (today) that it was my duty to ask WHY. :-) I had mine apart because of a plugged CAT. The 'donut' gasket looked like it would go 10 more years . . . .

'Curly'

Curly Q.

I called the dealer yesterday to ask about replacement bolts and nuts, to fasten the cat to the header and they said there are no bolts, there were only the studs in the converter, mine sure look like bolts. He said if you break them you had to buy a new converter.

Assumeing I don't have a loose heat shield, which I hope thats all it is, and the fastners that hold the converter to the header pipe come off with out alot of work how much time am I looking at replacing the donut?

Thanks

Tom

OH yeah the donut cost $28.10. bolts $9 ea , ouch!

Tom

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Dealer is a goof. He's describing the special splined bolts on the BACK side of the CAT, which are almost identical to wheel nut studs. They are replaceable, but almost welded to the CAT with rust, but it's a great LINE, if you can sell a guy a new $800 CAT just because the bolts are rusted.

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Heat shield is most likely rattler, since the donut is non-metalic, and under spring pressure. Using 10 mm socket on a medium extension, remove bottom half of shield, beat it to pulp with hammer. re-install. Rattle fixed.

If you feel you have to do the donut, look at the diagram at

for a (poor) view of your parts. Just bust the nuts with a cheap nut splitter and crank them off with Vise Grips, take one of the very special spring-retaining bolts to store and get 3 new nuts (I always manage to drop one under something immovable along the way). Mine has 140,000 Km and donut didn't look 'worn'. :-)

'Curly'

Curly Q.

I will be sure to check out that heat shield this week end as the noise (rattle ) seem to increase daily, I only have 33 k on my CR-V and also find it hard to believe that the donut is in need of replacement. Thanks to you and TeGGer for your assistance.

Tom

Crawled under the car today looked at the heat shields, nothing loose there, exhaust connections looked OK also no evidence of a leak.I would think I would see a carbon substance it there were a leak!

Maybe its a vibration issue at the 2300rpm range, thats making the noise, or a baffle in the muffler, but I am not going to bother with the noise it makes, it only does it when in OverDrive gear on a flat surface,with a slight load on the engine, no noise in the lower gears. that being said I'll have to get used to it, and live with it.

Tom

"twfsa" wrote in news:Exv2g.22798$IZ2.16378@dukeread07:

Integras have a double-walled "A" pipe from the exhaust manifold to the cat,and a weld on the inner ppipe breaks and you get a buzz at ~3300 rpm. I'm not sure if your CR-V has such a dbl.walled A pipe,though. I've seen a procedure on the web where you cut two slots 1/4" apart with a hacksaw through only the outer pipe,dimple in the inner piece to contact the inner pipe,and braze the opening shut.I have not tried this myself yet. My GSR has the buzz/rattle,the heat shields are removed except for the manifold shield,and that has a hose clamp snugged down on it.