Whatever else, it is cool that it has a stick. Or, the "Millenial Anti Theft Device".

$ 1, 000 in parts plus labor cost. I would remove the manifold take it to a welding shop to plug the leak clean the cat with seafoam, Let the seafoam soaked for 30 minutes...This has work for me and Hondas with P0420 code.

Wow, but I believe it. My wife got a quote from several muffler shops on her 05 Outback. $ 1000 was the cheapest from the end of the header pipe back. Pipe cracked at the flange south of the header. When I got home from work got a two and a half inch extension from advanced auto and a set of clamps for ten bucks. Cut both flanges off put pipes together tightened down clamps and it has been there going on 4 years.

I ran a Bosal exhaust system on my Mazda 3. I found it to be of excellent quality. Thanks Ivan!

I though that was your friend's Subaru... the one you took the engine out to replace the clutch assembly in farm in the middle of nowhere during a recreational trip a few months ago, thank you for uploading this video!

Thank you Ivan. Good job. Have a blessed and safe week.

I always love the Bonus footage, and the Bonus Bonus footage was a Bonus!

Ultra rare!! bonus bonus footage, who could ask for more, thanks Ivan

Thanks, I used some JB Weld on an exhaust leak three years ago and it passed emissions and is holding up good. Cheap fix and saved me a quite a few hundred dollars.

Weld it, it was welded originally.

Junkyard down south you could get the whole thing cheap.

send it off to a welder with experience, you just cut that strap off it, weld the pips, put a new brace on it

I have come across this twice in the past year. First time, the customer was complaining of a gas smell with no CEL and didn't notice that there was a small exhaust leak. Second time, customer complaining of louder then normal exhaust noise with no CEL. Both times the leak was at the collector with one only having a 120K miles on it. Being here in GA, I was able to reuse the original heat shields with no issues.

I just replaced the cat on out 2007 legacy, 160k miles, p0420 code. I put on a walker CARB compliant cat from rock auto plus new sensors and gaskets for about $700. It does not provide for heat shields, hopefully ok, but it does get very hot. The cat has a 25k mile warranty. I am hoping to get a couple more years out of it. I had a miserable experience with Bosal mufflers for this car, got only 2 years out of them Simi replaced them with walkers, lifetime warranty. Thanks for the video! I also looked at scan data and decided the cat was bad, hope I was correct. The exhaust has been very loud as long as we had the car. It's much quieter now, I believe there have been some leaks all along.

I liked the "Bonus, bonus footage". Yeah, that's a tough one. But you gave him some options so that's all you can do.

Had '09 Legacy that split into two mufflers out the rear. The split was designed like your connection and that is where it developed a leak. And all heat shields that started to rattle got the screw clamps.

dude your vids are thebest!

No issue using Bosal. When you are talking that kind of money, might as well cut the strap that is in the way and try welding it up. There is at least a decent chance that the cat is not ruined and the massive exhaust leak is throwing the cat and the rear sensor off.

Sucks a small exhaust leak can end up costing so much to remedy. I’d be tempted to take that leaky exhaust manifold to a machine shop. Could be a lot cheaper then replacing the whole thing or possibly your other idea that was a fair price Ivan. At any rate I’m sure your customer wouldn’t mind hearing all the options and going with your best idea for fixing that leak.

I'd give him a quote on oem and quote on bosal. I always add a percentage on non oem repairs as can be hassle fitting them and potential higher come back risk, bosal generally pretty decent for aftermarket .