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1lowscort 02-03-2008 11:12 PM

Strange
 
so, some oddball stuff today. I was delivering pizza, like I do, and cross an intersection and all of the sudden, I can hear my turbo. A couple seconds later I hears scrape...scrape...scraaaaaaape. WTF? I guessed my downpipe bolts got loose or something, then thought about that for a second. I would have had a huge exhaust leak before that happened. I pull over, pop the hood. Sure enough my exhaust was just hanging right below where the downpipe should be. I take a closer look and see there is still about 2" of the downpipe still attached to the turbo. It just broke...for absolutely no good reason. there was no weld where it broke, nothing. it just straight up broke. I just had this exhaust put on there in roughly June. What is the deal?

xternal 02-04-2008 04:53 AM

Re: Strange
 
As you said , it just broke :-\

E-b0la 02-04-2008 10:42 AM

Re: Strange
 
was it stressed somehow? was it holding any wieght? if so there's your problem.

MaTThIaS 02-04-2008 01:29 PM

Re: Strange
 

Originally Posted by E-b0la
was it stressed somehow? was it holding any wieght? if so there's your problem.

Exactly. My exhaust did this due to my DP not being able to reach the cat so i made it "fit".

1lowscort 02-04-2008 01:35 PM

Re: Strange
 
nope, it just had to support its self. I don't have a cat and it wasn't hitting anything. I'm going to check my solid motor mounts to make sure they are still solid.

TwoLoudnproud 02-04-2008 06:35 PM

Re: Strange
 
Post some pic's

rosario4124 02-04-2008 06:36 PM

Re: Strange
 
cheap piping?

CspecRun 02-04-2008 08:57 PM

Re: Strange
 

Originally Posted by rosario4124
cheap piping?

I was gonna say that...Maybe a lower grade steel??? + LOTS of heat..

whiterice 02-04-2008 10:28 PM

Re: Strange
 
you have a flex pipe section in your downpipe?

jarebear667 02-05-2008 12:14 AM

Re: Strange
 
+1 on the solid motor mounts without flex... there is your added stress..


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