# "Your Exhaust Manifold is Leaking…" and I got a second opinion… **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [November 3, 2023, 2:59am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/your-exhaust-manifold-is-leaking-and-i-got-a-second-opinion/193691 "2023-11-03T02:59:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![LoudThunder](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/loudthunder/32/27769_2.png) [@LoudThunder](https://community.cartalk.com/u/LoudThunder)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2023, 7:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/your-exhaust-manifold-is-leaking-and-i-got-a-second-opinion/193691/7 "2023-11-03T19:59:05Z")
> [@bing](#): > > So I’m not saying I don’t trust the dealer mechanics but I’m not going to trust.a new kid trying to score points to justify his pay. Remember this post from so long ago… That State Inspector was long gone by the time I had my State Inspection performed yesterday… > [@Ideas On How My Wife Picked Up a Nail In The Sidewall](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ideas-on-how-my-wife-picked-up-a-nail-in-the-sidewall/190731/22): > > I take my vehicles to the their specific dealers, the Toyotas to the Toyota dealer, the Honda Fit to the Honda dealer, the Ram Truck to the Dodge dealer, all in the hope that their technicians are trained to a level higher than one might find at a generic repair shop; alas it’s not to be… The Midas Brake Shop forgot to put the master cylinder cover back on after refilling the master cylinder after a brake job. A Toyota Dealer did not refill the radiator properly after a radiator flush and the… By the way, we also made a trip to Hardies this morning and bought Sausage and Egg Biscuits for all the service writers and mechanics for the work yesterday… (no charge Exhaust fume leak and State Inspection)… the next time we go in, I do not want them to say, “Not them again…” but “Hey, look whose here…” --- _[View the full topic](https://community.cartalk.com/t/your-exhaust-manifold-is-leaking-and-i-got-a-second-opinion/193691)._