I took the Celica to the shop this afternoon to have the exhaust leak looked at. A bit later I got a call from the shop saying they found the leak.... or should I say 3 leaks!

I have a hole the size of a pencil near the axleback.

I have a hole in the midpipe

And the strangest one - I am leaking right over the #4 exhaust port off the head. He said he is going to check to see if my exhaust manifold is warped, which I'm hoping not. If not it just needs a new gasket.

The verdict.... $130 if the manifold is fine... $175 if it needs to be resurfaced

Anyone else have something like that happen? I'm all depressed..

Ive got an exhaust leak somewhere up front (not sure where)

Every RARE once in awhile It will even backfire when im shifting from gears 1-2. I think its only happened 3 times in the 2 years its been like that, and it passes inspection so im leaving it for now

I got mine back last week. It was leaking at all four cylinders as well as two holes along the piping. 130 bucks later its all gravy train.

My stock manifold @ 36K miles showed signs of leaking in all four cylinders - some more than others. I wouldn't worry too much about it. Doubt you'd even hear those.

hear the leak at the exhaust manifold? OOh yes. I could hear it loud and clear.

Hmmm - not mine. Maybe mine werre just sorta slow leaks. Then again it's hard to hear anything over the intake and exhaust. My intake sucks rediculously loud.

This post has been edited by Negative: May 15, 2007 - 6:29 AM

so does mine actually - and yeah i don't even hear it

I suppose I should have taken a picture of my manifold gasket. It was trashed.