182 exhaust help!!!!!!!

[Alx]

My 182 exhaust has just disconnected while drive, the join of the cat and the mid box of the system, the car sounds as u wud imagine, is it just a case of pushing the pipes back together or more serious....

 

[Gt rob]

Should be quite an easy job for you, can't imagine any probs apart from what made it pull apart in the first place, all ur engine mounts fine?

 

[Alx]

Yer there all fine but the exhaust has no u clip on that section could this be the problem?

 

[Gt rob]

Yer there all fine but the exhaust has no u clip on that section could this be the problem?

Mine hasn't either, if u don't think itl hold together it wouldn't hurt to put a clip atoms. It. When u do get it back together just check it for any play

 

[Alx]

Well I bought an exhaust repair kit as I'm away from home seemed to be fine, drove 2 miles and the exhaust disconnected again which sounds f****** awful, it seems like it won't be such a quick fit, will b taking it to a garage in the morn... (wiv ear plugs) the car is still under a warranty which was from the garage I bought the car from, obviously I need to contact them but I wonder if I should try and replace the whole system from the cat back as opposed to getting it simply repair... Especially as it's the standard Renault item. (soz 4 for the ramble)

 

[R-Sport.]

Ive been here but only with a broken exhaust-

If its been done properly the CAT joins to the bottom of the downpipe via a springloaded clamp & then at the other end its clamped to the middle box- Common failures are the centre pipe snaps because of rust away from the centre section- If thats the case you are looking 100% for a new centre section which are hard to find-- more likely get a full system- poss of Ebay or in the classifieds on here-
You could buy patent from kwik fit but they are made from tinfoil -
heres a common failure- first hand experience when a customer was collecting a car -




At least if you are missing a clamp you can see what you require


Steve

 

[Alx]

That looks exactly like my exhaust at the mo, so u think a new system is the answer rather than repair, I assume the cat wasn't damaged when this happened Steve?

 

[R-Sport.]

Yeah CAT fine, when you start fiddling around with exhausts & resecure them if they arent fitted correctly & dont have a bit of play in them then thats when things start breaking / shearing - even prior to that they will fail just on the rust element

you will need a new centre section as you cannot clamp to rust.....

I just sold one last week as new for £100- there are around 1k from renault-

Buy standard second hand or a mild performance one depending on wallet size
S

 

[Alx]

Will there be a quick solution so I can get 40 miles back to home do you think Steve? Thanks for your prompt help too mate.

 

[Alx]

Just in case this happens to anyone else, I called RAC and they came and put a metal sleeve joining the snapped pipes together, once it sat inside them they turned a screw built into the sleeve which made the metal expand so it was a fairly tight fit. Of course it still blew but the noise was much better and safer than driving with the exhaust hanging down after snapping.

 

[hughski]

that happened to mine so i bought a Milltek.

 

[Alx]

Yer we will be getting a janspeed shortly as a complete replacement