Muffler has black hair

[duffey ainsworth]

My 2016 Platinum has long black fiber strings coming out the tail pipe. I am told this is the insulation and the muffler is bad. That make since. So does the Platinum require a special muffler? I don't like the looks of the original equipment. I would like to replace the original round muffler with a less visible flat muffler. Any suggestions? Any special requirements?

 

[Don Hall]

GOOGLE: "Muffler hair" ........ many explanations.

GOOGLE: "2016 Expedition muffler systems" ...... research.


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[bloodhound]

My 2016 Platinum has long black fiber strings coming out the tail pipe. I am told this is the insulation and the muffler is bad. That make since. So does the Platinum require a special muffler? I don't like the looks of the original equipment. I would like to replace the original round muffler with a less visible flat muffler. Any suggestions? Any special requirements?

There is a whole write up on here somewhere about swapping out the rear facing muffler with the former side exit.

 

[tg16jturbo]

Cat inside

 

[EWOregon]

I just had this same problem...under warranty, they changed from the Cat back to the silver Tip. Going to be expensive if you don't have the warranty.