[lxoom]

93 LX

I have an emissions test coming up soon.... the old escort sprung a few leaks over winter :lol:

6 seperate leaks to be exact. there was ZERO pressure at the tail pipe, haha

1- exhaust manifold gasket
2- flange @ flex pipe
3- flex pipe
4- pipe between flex and resonator
5- pipe beside R.R. strut
6- Muffler inlet

So i basically replaced everything, but left a small section of the old pipe.

And threw in a new Bosch o2 sensor at the same time. (original 91' 20 yr old sensor was in it)

hopefully she passes, wish me luck

 

[Escort92Man]

wow that's just a few leaks, I bought a 92 EGT last year and same thing, it had NO exhaust leaving the rear of the tail pipe, most of the pipe just fell apart when I tried to remove it!!! the flex pipe looked like a birds nest it was so bad lol, I was glad to get that all replaced with dodge neon 2 1/4 pipe!

you'll pass if you put a new cat in and got it mostly non leaky, but good luck!

 

[silverton]

Does running open header win as a major exhaust leak?

 

[lxoom]

the cat on it is not original..and i passed 2 years ago so im going to take my chances with it

silverton - no, but you get style points 8)

 

[Escort92Man]

ROFL you would Dennis! cmon run open header on the truck! that'd sound HECKA BEEFY!

man now I wanna run open header on the pacesetter and compare loudness

 

[Jeffescortlx]

The stock 2nd gen's exhaust loves to break right at the front of the flex joint. I think I've patched up that section about 4 times to 4 different escorts.

 

[Cymmantix]

^Words cannot describe how loud my Tracer was when that happened to me. Revving beyond 3000rpm caused major ear rapage.