Noticed some long black hair hanging out of the back of my tailpipe today. I'm like wtf? So I started to pull it out. It's black and quite long. It was matted to the bottom inside of the tailpipe. Went and got the flashlight and seen more hair matted to the side another eight inches inside. Didn't see a carcass just more hair unless it worked itself so far in I can't see it. My first guess is one of the many feral cats we have in the neighborhood as I seen two black kittens run across the road a week or so ago. But this hair seems almost too long for a cat. We have a pair of resident squirrels but they are big grays and their fat asses would never even get close to fitting in there however I have seen black ones in the neighborhood.

I still get exhaust fumes coming from the tailpipe so nothing is plugged up. Friend of mine runs an exhaust place in town. I'll have him put it on the lift and see what he thinks. But really, wtf?

"If you see "hair" coming out of your car's tailpipe, it's most likely a sign of a failing muffler, and the "hair" is actually the fiberglass insulation material inside the muffler that is breaking down and being expelled through the exhaust pipe; this is often called "muffler hair."

Or a Gay Terrorist tried to blow up your truck.

Muskrats would often try to get in our boat’s exhaust. Anywhere near water?

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Originally posted by kkina:
"If you see "hair" coming out of your car's tailpipe, it's most likely a sign of a failing muffler, and the "hair" is actually the fiberglass insulation material inside the muffler that is breaking down and being expelled through the exhaust pipe; this is often called "muffler hair."

Well I'll be damned never heard of such a thing. Thanks for the info!

Muff hair, eh? Huh.

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Originally posted by kkina:
"If you see "hair" coming out of your car's tailpipe, it's most likely a sign of a failing muffler, and the "hair" is actually the fiberglass insulation material inside the muffler that is breaking down and being expelled through the exhaust pipe; this is often called "muffler hair."

Exactly what I was going to say when I saw the picture.

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Originally posted by PHPaul:
Muff hair, eh? Huh.

Haha! My buddy who runs an exhaust shop has a sign in shop that says No Muff Too Tough! He's got match books with the same thing printed on them. He must be the last business on the planet who hands out match books anymore.

You could burn it and see if it smells like hair... or if it will burn at all.

Kegger trying to molest your truck?

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So Something Tried Climbing Up The Tailpipe Of My Truck

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Double entendre potential high....

I had mice crawl up the tail pipe on my 79 chevy pickup. I started it up one morning and grey smoke filled the garage in no time. I had to climb under there and unhook the flange that runs up to the headers. Took me probably two hours to get that mess cleared out. My tailpipe extensions now have aluminum foil wrapped around each port.