# Suspect Exhaust Leak **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** chevrolet, s-10\ **Created:** [December 18, 2009, 7:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/suspect-exhaust-leak/40934 "2009-12-18T19:23:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![airdropbill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b4bc9f/32.png) [@airdropbill](https://community.cartalk.com/u/airdropbill)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2009, 7:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/suspect-exhaust-leak/40934/1 "2009-12-18T19:23:23Z")
2001 Chev. S-10 4.3L. Engine. Should I be getting a Service Engine Light on and code if I have this problem? ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2009, 7:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/suspect-exhaust-leak/40934/2 "2009-12-18T19:25:47Z")
It depends on where the exhaust leak is. Tester ---
**Author:** ![airdropbill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b4bc9f/32.png) [@airdropbill](https://community.cartalk.com/u/airdropbill)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2009, 7:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/suspect-exhaust-leak/40934/3 "2009-12-18T19:33:34Z")
Thanks, I’m not sure where it is, or even if that is the problem, at this point I’m in the “looking for” stage. It just occured to me that I might should be getting a Light. ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2009, 8:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/suspect-exhaust-leak/40934/4 "2009-12-18T20:44:49Z")
A Service Engine light, as opposed to a Check Engine Light, generally means that routine maintenance is due. Have you read your owner’s manual? Why do you suspect and exhaust leak?