After a recent offroading session during which I bottomed out and got stuck a few times, I noticed my engine had a way different sound to it. It now as an underlying deep throaty chug as if I put some new muffler on it. Hopefully nothing to worry about? Nothing seemed to be wrong with performance, just that louder deeper chug. Maybe just an exhaust leak or I whacked somewhere that put a hole somewhere in the exhaust system. Actually sounds kinda cool but I am still a little concerned about what I may have done.

that happened to mine, i put a hole in the muffler though. it wasn't really a throaty chug, more of a small-engined airplane drone. tough to explain.

you look at your exhaust system. start at the y-pipe. does the heat shield look damaged? is everything (y-pipe to exhaust) lined up correctly (bolts)? does the muffler look damaged?

sorry about the disjointedness, its tough for me to make sentences sometimes.

sorry about the disjointedness, its tough for me to make sentences sometimes.

No worries, I never complain about free help! I'll give the exhaust system a full lookover tomorrow. I just hope I don't mess up anything major.

I'm thinking an exhaust gasket somewhere came loose or split off? This is pretty loud almost and I really need to try to quiet it down a bit. Anyone have ideas?