# If mice can't get into the muffler, cut the tailpipe instead, don't cut off the muffler!

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-mice-cant-get-into-the-muffler-cut-the-tailpipe-instead-dont-cut-off-the-muffler/65040>\
**Category:** The Show\
**Created:** [May 28, 2011, 9:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-mice-cant-get-into-the-muffler-cut-the-tailpipe-instead-dont-cut-off-the-muffler/65040 "2011-05-28T21:56:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![waterboy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/waterboy/32/764_2.png) [@waterboy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/waterboy)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2011, 9:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-mice-cant-get-into-the-muffler-cut-the-tailpipe-instead-dont-cut-off-the-muffler/65040/1 "2011-05-28T21:56:48Z")

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The dual exhaust cleared mice out if one tailpipe, and their suggestion was to cut the muffler off go to midas. I don’t know how many times Tom or Ray… _Digress  
Which one looks like Mario, and which one looks and sounds like the rat on Beakmans world?_  
Said the mice probably cant get through the muffler!  
So why are you cutting off the muffler?  
Cut off the tailpipe and clean it out with a pipe snake, reattach or get a new tailpipe, put on and save the muffler and save some bucks!

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**Author:** ![popneb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9f8e36/32.png) [@popneb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/popneb)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 5:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-mice-cant-get-into-the-muffler-cut-the-tailpipe-instead-dont-cut-off-the-muffler/65040/2 "2011-06-15T05:01:21Z")

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Rat pop and their nests can get as hard as a rock and become imbedded in any material with holes or pours material. It likely jammed up the muffler. Yep cut em both off and put on cherry bombs.