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Nightmare.....

Postby Graham W » Mon May 20, 2019 6:05 am

Can only happen on a sat eve after all is shut.... Front pipe snapped off the downpipe. We hit a pothole and heard a clump, then the normal blowing exhaust sound.

Up on the ramps, casing off and the pipe has defiantly broken.

All came apart easily, but its sat evening, so nothing open until Monday.

Local shop was excellent as i ordered a new pipe at 0900 and at 1100 its was in hand. Its different as the old part was solid with a large heat protector on it, as the new one has a flexi hose part in the middle, obviously the genuine ones have had an issue????

Nuts on the manifold to 40Nm, couldnt find in the manual but later online for the duel systems it showed 50Nm, aint gonna fight over 10 as i did 40 and half turn.

The rear bolts to 40ish with nylox nuts, so they wont rattle loose!

My system doesnt have a DPF and only a single hose on the front, so cot £79.00 to do the job


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Postby palmerwmd » Mon May 20, 2019 9:02 am

Sorry about your bad luck.... but it sounds like it didst cost the world.

When I saw the headline "Nightmare" I was like "Oh noes! did his engine blow up!"

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Postby Graham W » Tue May 21, 2019 7:09 am

I’d have been proper upset if the engine had blown !

Fuel economy seems to have dropped a lot since the new
Pipe, so have disconnected the battery to reset the ecu.
Hopefully it will recalculate.

Forgot the esp and traction control lights stay on for a while
When you reconnect the battery! I was like wtf noooooo !! Lol


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