Cracked Manifold, Need Help

seelsy · 08-27-2008

i took my carf in for an oil change and was told i have a crack in my exhaust manifold. he said its not a pressing problem but will become one later down the road and they want nearly 1000 bucks to replace it. i know 90 percent of this is hondas screw the customer price mark up so does anyone know where i can buy an exhaust manifold for an 02 civic lx coupe, or if i have any other options, such as buying stainless headers or something??

lordhelmet · 08-27-2008

Use the forums. I picked one up for 60 bucks shipped. Just threw it on 2 weekends ago and the car runs great.

bomerman19 · 08-27-2008

$1000 bucks sounds about right because the cat is built into that header I believe you can get a stock replacement for around $300 or you can try to upgrade it which if you search will be even cheaper

wikkaco0 · 08-28-2008

Theres an 8 year warranty on the exhaust manifold / catalytic converter on the LX civic. You might be in luck if you bring that up.

lordhelmet · 08-28-2008

its 8 year or something like 80000 miles.

TRIZ · 08-28-2008

Check out my exhaust FAQ in my sig, it lays it all out if your looking to swap it over. Buying used is the cheapest alternative, just get a low mileage part. Or if you swap to an EX exhaust, you can pick up the random technologies downpipe with high flow car for pretty cheap.

seelsy · 08-31-2008

anyone know a company that makes an aftermarket header with a catalytic converter inside? or do i need to buy that seperatly and have a shop weld it inline

TRIZ · 09-01-2008

There really isnt much market for an aftermarket header with a cat in it... most of them just yank the cat out. There was a comany coming out with a dx/lx header in the past month for our cars, the name just slipped my mind. I'm not sure if it had a cat, I am thinking it did.

lordhelmet · 09-01-2008

I think it might have been magnaflow but I'm not sure.

baron340 · 09-01-2008

or you can always buy the one i have sitting in my garage. but honestly unless its a big crack it probably wont be a serious problem for a long time.

lordhelmet · 09-02-2008

He should probably replace it. I didn't think my crack was to bad because I wasn't throwing a CEL. I pulled it off and there was a crack all the way around the 4th pipe.