Many times I hit the road only to find motorists or car owners driving cars with seemingly strange engine sounds, sometimes these sounds might go unnoticed by the car owner and on other occasions quite loud enough to cause environmental hazards.
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The Function of the muffler or Exhaust of an automobile and indeed any engine is basically to reduce the sound of the engine to the bearest minimum while it's functional, but then these mufflers are also designed to perform other oversight functions understandable to only petrol heads, there are certain side effects that accompany broken muffler asides the obviously loud noise which is quite understandable, driving your car with that broken muffler can actually cost you more than you ever expected, let's take a look at the side effects.
FUEL CONSUMPTION
One demerit of driving with a broken exhaust or muffler is its negative impact on your car,s fuel consumption, a broken muffler tends to cause the fuel management system to burn more fuel than required which ultimately results in a high consumption rate.
ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS
Driving with a broken muffler not only costs you but in the long run, could be harmful to the environment. your broken muffler could contribute to environmental hazards in one way or the other, these hazards could come through noise pollution or through the unlawful contribution of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.
POOR ENGINE PERFORMANCE
Driving with a broken Muffler can drastically limit your car,s engine performance without you knowing, effects like jerking, engine misfiring, and hard starting are some of the effects associated with a broken exhaust or muffler.
VERDICT;
The best bet remains to fix or outrightly replace your broken muffler. some car owners might just prefer to drive with a broken exhaust but in actual terms, it does more harm than good.
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