Mine failed. Got a new one, then the downpipe started leaking. Want to talk about loud?
Dave. '90 GLi On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, brd wrote: > Well, this morning I was doing a little putzing around under the hood of > my 89 gli (just in case I wasn't running late enough to work already). > I've recently come to the conclusion that my car is so loud, it must > have an exhaust leak. Especially above 4k rpm and highway speeds, it > just drones. I thought it was b/c of a tiny crack in the mid-muffler, > which has been there since I bought the car last May. However, lately > I've been thinking that the noise sounds more like it's coming from in > front of the firewall. > > I know the cat's bolted securely to the downpipe. So I thought maybe it was > something with where the downpipe connects to the exhaust manifold or maybe > the manifold itself was a little loose or had a crack in it. I started the > car idling and was using some waterpump pliers to see if I could pull the > downpipe tighter to the manifold, when I feel a stab of warm air hitting > high up on my forearm. > > I felt around, and could certainly feel exhaust leaking out. It's coming > from the little thin pipe that sticks straight up behind the back of the > exhaust manifold. There's a light blue cap on the pipe, and the cap seems > to have split open on the underside. I pressed my finger on it, and the > noise stopped instantly! Oh man, I can't believe I never discovered > this sooner. > > What is this little pipe? Some sort of emissions testing connection? > > I guess I'll stop by Metro VW on the way home tonight and get another cap > for it, unless they want to sell me a whole new little pipe with it. For > now I've "engineered a temporary fix" (read: duct tape). > > Laters, > Brian > -- > The 21st century begins on January 1, 2001. > _____________ > List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com > To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with > 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message > See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com > Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org > _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
