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A New Exhuast loudness problem v.WTF?

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CobraRed_96_GT

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Well for the past two days i've been thinking that my driver door wasnt closing all the way because id get a funny smell and its sounded like the exhuast noise was comming through the door(I have side pipes). Now, my bro and I have concluded that my driver side exhuast is way louder than my passenger side. It almost sounds like it's catless. But the smell isnt the smell you get from a catless exhuast at all it's just a funky like cat piss smell lol. How can one pipe be louder when they cross after the cats at the "X"? is it the resonator?

I've been thinking the smell was due to the recent rain we started having

Also, sorry, I've had a squeaking sound comming from my engine bay for the past 4 months that for the life of me i cant figure out what it is. Sounds like a rotating mass squeak cuz it goes faster as i rev the engine, but i held a piece of wood from my ear to each pulley and it doesnt sound like its comming from any of the pulleys. Also the belt i have is only 5 months old so i think it's not that. Plus the squeak goes away once it warms up after 15 mins of driving. Any help is much appreciated.:SNSign:
 

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this is my set up

 

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TrueBlue03

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are you sure you didnt run over an animal? happend to my friends car. it could have knocked something a bit and caused a leak and an odd smell

other than that, i'd say its your muffler/resonator
 

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Is the X pipe sealed tight? Possibly loosen up on you or anything?

As for isolating the squeek, to find out if its internal or just something on the accecory drive, take the serpentine belt off and fire up the car. Listen for the noise under the hood. If its there, its an engine issue, if not, accecory issue. Dont let it run for long at all though, no belt = no cooling, or charging.
 

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BurningRubber said:
Is the X pipe sealed tight? Possibly loosen up on you or anything?

As for isolating the squeek, to find out if its internal or just something on the accecory drive, take the serpentine belt off and fire up the car. Listen for the noise under the hood. If its there, its an engine issue, if not, accecory issue. Dont let it run for long at all though, no belt = no cooling, or charging.
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that sounds crazy. I know its not an internal squeak at all, i can tell. I just wish my car was quieter so i could here where it's comming from
 

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well, the passenger side isnt faint now or anything. It's just as loud as my exhuast usually is, just the driver's side is burly and raspy as hell. Kinda makes me wish both were that way if nothing is wrong.
 

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Is one of your cats going bad? Maybe you could try a smog tester?
 

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ZIncGTSTANG said:
Is one of your cats going bad? Maybe you could try a smog tester?
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if one was bad then the pipes would X and both would sound loud right? or t elast close to each other. The passenger side sounds the same as normal
 

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as far as the squeaking noise mine does that too and i think its the belt tensioner pulley
 
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