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24th March 2019, 17:07 | #1 |
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Exhaust Rusted
My 75 has just passed its MOT but I noticed today that the back box has a large hole in the outer skin due to rust but the inner skin seems to be intact
Should I get it swapped now, if so will I need only the rear section or the whole lot (superficially the front bit looks OK) I am too old to crawl under now, so I will have to get it done by a fitter. Mr Exhaust near London online quote is £121.80 which seems good but I live in Durham. Has anyone got a good deal on these locally. Any tips gratefully received
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24th March 2019, 17:15 | #2 |
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If it is an original then I seem to remember they are triple skin so the loss of the outer skin is no great detriment. I would be tempted to hang on to the original as long as possible as some replacement boxes can be quite noisy.
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24th March 2019, 17:24 | #3 |
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I will, thanks, car repairs have been soaking up a lot of my pension recently
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My first MOT (7 years ago) noted the same thing. I bought a replacement for when it eventually went.
The inner skinned original is still passing MOTs while the replacement is rusting away in storage.
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26th March 2019, 06:21 | #5 |
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Had exactly the same, the 'old' original exhaust went on forever after the outer skin rusted away. It was a large hole in the exhaust pipe towards the back of the car that forced me to change the back box in the end!
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