Maybe someone can help me on this.

Today on starting the car (very, very cold) I noticed what at first glance looked like an exhaust leak coming from where the manifold pipes join and head towards the cat, right at the bottom bend. Then I noticed what I had seen before and again assumed to be another exhaust leak where the cat output pipe joins the first muffler. Both where steam. The "mani" stoppped steaming quickly. But where the cat pipe met the first muffler, at the flange, water was dripping out (quite a bit) and steam was spewin'.

So are these bonified exhaust leaks? Or are the joints/flanges/seals (whatever) just so cold and shrunken that they have opened up and I can/should ignore the problem? And/or is my exhaust sys filled with water??

The ice cold weather has wrecked havoc with this brick and I don't know what to fix first. Coolant is leaking from the pump and the hose from the radiator. She is having idle problems when cold. And I am broke anyway.

Any thoughts on if the exhaust needs an overhual. The cats a year old, the rest looks orginal.

Thanks again.

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Pete

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