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Old 03-11-2013, 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Simpler=Better View Post
If you have the stock merc muffler, it's already straight though (similar to a glasspack). If you have a generic off the shelf muffler, it's probably restrictive(this was the case on my beater)
In my (admittedly limited) experience, factory mufflers on diesels usually use a straight-through design to limit soot build-up. I've seen cases where someone installed a muffler intended for a gasoline engine, instead, and it plugged up with soot. Soot is like drifting snow, if you put an obstacle (like a muffler baffle) in its path, the soot will build up around it.
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