Con's of having a hole in your muffler?
 

Ok so my muffler has a hole in it for probably a year now, loud as hell, i feel like i'm driving a ricer sometimes lol. I've gotten air care done on it today and I passed w/out problems, no dilution that the machines noticed.

What i Want to know is.. do i really need to get it fixed/change it?

I know the cons are that my car will be loud as hell and rust hole can get bigger, and the exhaust will probably fall off... but... is that it?

y would u do that

I think he means there's a RUST hole in his muffler

Could potentially affect mileage, but the main con is that it may make it difficult for Aircare to test your car.

The "sniffer" requires a certain volume of exhaust flow to operate, and it there is another hole in your exhaust system, oftentimes the aircare idle test will result in a "sample dilution". You could always tape the hole closed just before you go to aircare I guess.... but basically it can make things a pain.

ok i misinterpret, i though he's going to punch a hole in the muffler to make it louder

lol oops I'll reword it

I just got air care done today and I passed. I guess what I'm trying to ask is do i really need to fix my muffler?

If you can live with the noise, you don't need to fix it.

its annoying for ppl walking down the street.

If the noise really bothers you, you could try getting some metal epoxy and patching the hole with it depending how big the hole is.

The police can pull you over and give you a VI notice.... then you'll have to get it fixed and anything else that's 'deficient' on your car.

thanks guys! planning on gettting anew car soon, i don't think the '95 civic needs a new muffler.. i can live with it

If it's a 95 civic, most likely you can find a used stock muffler for like $20 in the forum. Just ask around man.

just get a new muffler you cheap ****. I hate hearing shitty civics driving down my street with blown out or busted ass mufflers.

What street do you live on?

^ LOL

don't fix it. unless you like doing mechanical things, in that case make a day of it and put a stock one on it.

loose performance...

lol i guess it would loose a little, but even at the best performance stock i'm getting like no power haha i've found some fun outt of a loud muffler... when ppl are jay walking slowly and holding up traffic i can rev my engine and watch them jump up and run! :D