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yup you guessed it- the salt on the roads and quite a few *cold* brrrrr starts has resulted in one of the hangers coming away from the pipe and now a nice £2 coin sized hole exists with a fecking great leak..




any ideas if it's worth my while to ask H+S to do me a replacement Stainless Steel pipe? or might I just as well bin it?



****!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

David_Wallis

It will weld up

just weld a patch over and then weld the hanger back on

chrome

is that still the case now you have seen the photos?

I remember some time about 18months back when I was @ TSL that MaTTel had a similar problem with his HKS...
Trouser sold him another entire exhaust IIRC ..
/wooden spoon away

chrome

any thoughts on if this could have been caused by a MASSIVE pothole I hit recently on the OS - the OS front alloy is buckled on the inside edge by it!!

damn dark country lanes and no decent road fixing policy

gossythevaleter

Chrome

That will weld

If a muppet can be sold an exhaust because of a little hole then good luck to em but i would get that welded

It looks to me as the weld that holds the hanger in place has failed i have it done several times on exhausts and doea not cause a prob


re the pot hole lets just say it probably help with the failing of the weld oh and it should cost no more than a tenner to do if it stainless steel

chrome

phew.

ozzy

Using Mattel & TSL as an example is like using Posh Spice & GUCCI - they don't need any excuse to part company with their cash.

Just weld the ****** as suggested

chrome

PMSL
well was the only failed hanger I knew of personally... just so happened it was Mattel..

tweenierob

You got the car over to Wallis/Darley to get it sorted yet?

Rob

p.s. if ya gonna buy a new one TSl will sort you out

chrome

no and nO
pmsl...

tweenierob

Merry chrimbo mate!!

Well get over there then!!

Rob

chrome

nah dont want to impose on em..
I think Emma has seen enough of scoobs to last her a lifetime!

and DW.. well i assume he has been getting intiamtely acquainted with Ms. Artois


..will try and sort it out locally first.



merry crimbo to you too
got your text btw.

willy

Curborough may have started it...

*****

chrome

*cough*


hope you've had a good one *****..

btw- send me a pm with details of that orbital polisher you were on about on the swirl thread..

tweenierob

No worries dude, what was the edit?

Rob

chrome

forgot to add about getting your text

willy

Yes its been good.
Hope you have had a good one too.

PM in a moment

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CustomScoobyIOM

Weld no problem as said. That hangar isnt essential either mate.

Jon.

NotoriousREV

Gun gum, baked bean tin, bit of wire, job's a good 'un

David_Wallis

If you need it welding give me a shout.. (id prefer it off the car though!)

That part is mild steel on the HKS hipers anyway!

David

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dw- cheers for the offer!
Defo mild steel? - if so then can almost certainly get it sorted locally...

Got to sort out a temporary zorst then if it has to come off..

today the top part of the same hanger weld went.. so now TWO holes

chrome

one more piccie to show its current state...

I have one option to call in the morning..
Have some exhaust tape as a temporary backup until the local garages open bloody new year..

David_Wallis

Deffo mild steel.. even if it were stainless.. you could weld it with mild steel mig wire.. just the weld would rust eventually!..


David

chrome

David- can you PM me your mobile number please...
It's a trek up to leeds.. but just in case my luck bottom's out down here

Ta.

David_Wallis

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David_Wallis

ps txt me first.. got someone that keeps ringing me trying to sell me insurance.. so not answering numbers that arent in my phone book.

David

Jolly Green Monster

iTrader: (4)

looks at picture... thinks of a couple of jubilee clips and a thin metal plate..

Hope sorted soon..

Seen an Apexi with similar on the hanger connected to the silencer.. H&S sorted that one out.

ALi-B

iTrader: (1)

Beer can (empty), heatproof gaffer tape, few exhaust clamps and a few old coat hangers....sorted!

Normally use this tactic on the likes of bangers. but there's always a first for scoobies

MATTeL

I did indeed have the same issue with the HKS exhaust.

In fact when it was taken off the car I has a look at it was personally responsible for increaing the hole by a good six inches in length.

The pipe was pitted and paper thin.

Graham and Trouser both tried to sell me a MY01+ exhaust system that has come of Graham's car at a reduced price.

It was my own insanity that took hold and went for the full new system, new fuel pump and ECUTek remap...

It was the second time a hanger on the HKS had failed some months ealier the hanger on the back box gave way... later models came with extra support at that point!