leaky muffler

hey guys my dads got a 2002 Chevrolet silverado 4x4 5.3L v8 with 6 inches of lift.And the truck has a leaky muffler.what should he do????should he take it to a mechanic or get a whole new exhaust/muffler????if he should get a new exhaust/muffler?????


PLEASE HELP ME!!!ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED!THANKS.  
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Most curious. That truck came with a stainless steel alloy exhaust system. It should still be good after 5 or 6 years. Where is it leaking?  

no it didn't come with an alloy exhaust.and its leaking right about were the exhaust and the muffler meet.  
If you arent rock crawling,ur mudding,if ur not mudding,then ur trailriding,ifur not trailriding,mudding,or rockcrawling...then what r u doing!?

Did it fail at a weld? (it is a stainless alloy, just not the shiny kind but welds are not stainless)  

sometimes mufflers have whats called a weep hole, which is a small hole in the end of the muffler to let condensation escape so as to not let the water rust out the muffler... I worked in an exhaust shop for 6 years I've see  stainless mufflers rot out in as little as 4 years.... most of the time exhaust is only covered under the 3/36 part of the warranty...  saw that a few times when I was still working at the dealership  

blazerfreak71:
sometimes mufflers have whats called a weep hole, which is a small hole in the end of the muffler to let condensation escape so as to not let the water rust out the muffler... I worked in an exhaust shop for 6 years I've see  stainless mufflers rot out in as little as 4 years.... most of the time exhaust is only covered under the 3/36 part of the warranty...  saw that a few times when I was still working at the dealership

yep...thats what I saw at the dealership I was at for 6yrs...and we had either the gibson exhaust system or the corsa exhaust system to upgrade for this kind of failure...both were SS kits...on the same note Ive always ran flowmaster for years and never had a problem w/them and they also make kits too.  

probably did.we just cut the muffler off for now so it sound like super good!!!!and were getting a new exhaust + muffler system so that instead of the exhaust being like half way up it will be all the way down and as for the exhaust well lets just say its going to be just solid stainless steel.what do you guys think about that???  
If you arent rock crawling,ur mudding,if ur not mudding,then ur trailriding,ifur not trailriding,mudding,or rockcrawling...then what r u doing!?

I think thats like super awsome  
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