Exhaust blowing near handbrake?

[st3ve]

Most obvious symptoms of a blowing exhaust other than the noise is the mpg, have you checked that?

Mine plummeted to circa 22/24 mpg when mine was blowing.

 

[medici999]

yeah my mpg is low..but i do alot of town driving too.

 

[Black182rob]

if its a 182 like mine then its probably because they have a sort of ball joint close to the manifold to allow flex and when first started it it is cold once been running for a while and heated up it expands allowing no gasses to escape