Ok to drive with bad flex pipe?

[kschachn]

Originally Posted By: boostedtsiawd
just wondering if not fixing it would do any damage to other parts besides my mpg not being too great?

Yep definitely. Since you apparently haven't fixed it yet (assuming it was ever broken in the first place) we can get a bit more mileage out of this thread.

 

[DoubleWasp]

Originally Posted By: maxdustington
I bought my first car with a broken flex pipe. It used to backfire when I would shift sometimes before I got it fixed.

Good times, although I had no idea you could get CO poisoning from it. lol


Yes. It's not particularly common, but enough road warriors and "job-to-jobbers" have unintentionally killed themselves while sleeping in their cars. It's truly a sad thing.

You don't need to smell exhaust to get the CO poisoning.