Hi peeps, i fitted rcm rotated kit and all is well but the slip joint on the downpipe is blowing a bit.

Ive assembled it with some exhaust paste but it seems to have blown out any tips would be appreciated as its getting right on my nerves now

Cheers gaz

 

Why have you used paste and how do you know it is blowing? Was the kit new?

 

Hi mate, yeah its brand new, when i first fitted it to the car dry it was blowing quite a bit so disassembled it and refitted it with paste, i know its blowing because i can get my hands around it and can feel it substantially.

Everywhere else is fine its just the downpipe..... if its not careful il weld the ******

 

Slip joints only seal properly when up to full temperature after full expansion of the joint.

 

If its brand new and you're having problems I'd speak to rcm first of all!

 

It does get slightly better when it warms up but its still very annoying and it doesnt fully stop blowing

 

yeah i will probs ring them tomorrow, i just thought someone on here may have solved the same issue

 

Mines the same mate.i just ignore it as the car is noisy as hell anyways.i did heatwrap it at some point which stopped the blowing noise.need to do it again as i have had it off since.

 

Il give that a try, i hope it works.

Its only low speed driving that i can hear it as when i go over 3k all i can hear is turbo

 

What does it sound like?

 

Its just like a regular blowing exhaust mate, its not incredibly bad but it gets on my nerves immediately

 

its hard to put a blowing exhaust noise into words,but here goes.
pppppppppppppppppperrrrrrem
pppppppppppppppppperrrrrrem
pppppppppppppppppperrrrrrem

 

Hahahahahahahahahaha ^^^^

Tim

 

Yeah just like that ha ha :-)

 

So like your car is farting?

I can see that would be annoying ;o)

 

Yeah, and it stinks aswell, only instead of *** its strong fumes as its running rich as **** on a run in map