I brought my 98 toyota avalon to the local mom & pop exhaust place and they fixed a large exhaust leak. Afterward with the car running they thought all was well. There are no visible or audible leaks... except they decided to put a stethoscope on the exhaust manifold and detected the tiniest leak in the exhaust manifold gasket.
They said the leak was so small that it can be ignored for now, but (a) they could fix it if I wanted and (b) it should be fixed if it becomes bigger as evidenced by either a relevant engine code or a visible or audible leak without a stethoscope.
My question is "Is this true, can I just ignore this tiny exhaust manifold gasket leak as long as it doesn't get bigger or cause a code?"
They said the leak was so small that it can be ignored for now, but (a) they could fix it if I wanted and (b) it should be fixed if it becomes bigger as evidenced by either a relevant engine code or a visible or audible leak without a stethoscope.
My question is "Is this true, can I just ignore this tiny exhaust manifold gasket leak as long as it doesn't get bigger or cause a code?"