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Hi,

So I thought I had all the major repairs done for winter, but I was driving the other day and the exhaust noise suddenly got very loud.

When I looked under the car today this is what I found. What am I going to need to do?

 
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Sorry, I forgot my car information. I have a 2001 Civic EX. How much will this repair cost?

 
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You'll have to go to some exhaust shop. They will have to do some welding and replacing of completely rusted sections. When mine broke in a similar location I was charged $75 to have it fixed.

 
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1.) Buy a new muffler resonator.
2.) Go to local junk yard and pull one
3.) Exhaust shop

My vote is exhaust shop as it is the fastest and most cost effective, IMO. Cheapest is probably pulling one off a junked car but it might be rusted plus the time to do all that. Like Brotato said I don't see it costing more then $75.

 
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To be clear, your muffler looks fine, the part that broke was off the resonator which is legally allowed to be replaced with just straight pipe but you will definitely notice a annoying sound without it.

 
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You need a new mid pipe. Muffler looks fine and could be reattached. I've been through a couple of mid pipes already over 16 years.

 
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By mid pipe do you mean the whole 8ft piece or can I weld on a ~1 foot piece? The rest of the exhaust pipe looks fine.

 
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Just whatever section is broken/rusted. If its only a foot then just replace that.

I was looking at your muffler and thinking muffler but like Slump said its the resonator flange that is broken. Depending on how much is left you could weld a new flange and extension onto it. Or remove it and weld in a straight piece (might sound like crap though).

 
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Part number #12 in this diagram: https://parts.sonshonda.com/showAsse...rimLevel=24777

Unless an exhaust shop can bandaid your existing mid pipe and add a flange but I can't see it lasting.

 
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I dropped it off at the shop so I'll let you know what happens.