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cheap way to fix the exhaust pipe to pass the emission test

I have 1994 Toyota Camry. The car runs well. The only thing is I need to pass the emission test but there is not enough air going thru because there are a few leaks (flex pipe, etc). Instead of spending $500 to $600 to have it replaced, is there a way to patch it for enough air to pass through? I don't want to spend $600 on an old car like that.

Thanks for any suggestions,

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liu
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Toyota exhausts, installed by Toyota, are Lifetime Warranty. If you had a Toyota exhaust installed at any time, they will replace it.

My Mom is on her third on an '86 Camry.

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Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B

The flex pipe probably needs to be replaced with another flex pipe. Leaks in a straight section of hard pipe can be repaired by either cutting out the bad section and clamping in a short section of similar sized pipe (your FLAPS probably has sections of same) or if you're in a real hurry, take some tin snips and cut up a beverage can and smear the inside with muffler cement, then secure over holes in pipe with hose clamps.

these are likely only temporary repairs, depending on climate...

nate

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N8N

or use a beverage can and a couple of larger hose/band style clamps. either method should get your through.

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m6onz5a

Do you have any web link that shows this? Free would be GREAT.

Thanks,

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liu

Thanks for the information.

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liu

If you replaced the tailpipe/muffler/exhaust system at a Toyota dealer, the dealer should still have a record of it, even if you lost the receipt. I know this for a fact, both from being a LONG time Toyota owner and having worked at a Toyota dealer. You don't need the receipt as long as you go back to the dealer that installed it (Honda has a more interesting system; theirs is central, and you can look up ANYTHING done to ANY Honda at a Honda dealership ANYWHERE in the US and Canada!)

If you had the work done by a Toyota dealer and can produce a receipt, any Toyota dealer will replace it free of charge. When I took 'Mumsy's' car in for a new exhaust it was 45 minutes, and out the door...no money. Nothing. No charge for 'clamps', labor, grease, oil, etc. "Here you go , Mr Hachiroku! Have a nice day!"

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Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B

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