Life of a standard 182 exhaust??

[phantomx0_1]

How long should they last??

 

[Christopher]

Ten minutes

 

[phantomx0_1]

lol really?

 

[Christopher]

They're awful mate.

Mine was rotten to the core when the car was 18 months old. I've seen cars with rusting systems after a year FFS!

 

[phantomx0_1]

Mine has 58k on it and there is a rattle on idle. Looked under the car and it does look a tad rusty!! Think it may be time for a new S/S system..Only think is im skint!!!

 

[3doorpete]

Mine has 30K miles on it in 3.5 years and still looking quite strong. Looking for an excuse to put a Milltek on it, so shame it hasn't rotted really

 

[clio_luke]

they are sh!t
when i replaced mine for a milltek i found 3 holes in it!

 

[Jay Payne]

Anim@l's has done 67k and is an '04' plate.


Its fine coz it gets driven

 

[Jay Payne]

But his is an exception it seams

 

[r8byb]

mine was fine 04 plate removed at 58k

 

[Saundo]

Mine is fine, 04 plate done 45000 miles

 

[Beef-Mc]

35K used to be the norm IIRC.

 

[Jimzy]

27K for me at 4 years. Rusted through at the connection between the tail pipes and the back boxes. Exhaust mounts were knackered too.

 

[DrR]

Mines on 3.5 years and 18k, in good condition i think,

 

[koi]

34k and not dropped off...yet

 

[Fletcher]

30k

 

[fUbAr]

35k and mine's fine. Its been sat in the shed for 2k miles though... but its pretty much like new, just dirty

 

[mattjk]

obviously longer trips as with all components will prolong the life of it. Short trip allow the moisture to build up and the engine doesnt get hot enough to burn up the moisture

 

[ben81]

Just had mine replaced at 37k 04 plate.
Had the cat replaced on last day of warranty last yaer as it has cracked/rusted at malifold end, that was £987 thankyou very much Renault!

 

[Jay Payne]

obviously longer trips as with all components will prolong the life of it. Short trip allow the moisture to build up and the engine doesnt get hot enough to burn up the moisture

spot on.

probably the only component on a car that lasts longer with more miles

 

[phantomx0_1]

Lets hope mine is ok...just seen the price of a new one!!! probabaly go for a S/S though

 

[Gary-Lew]

Speak to Paul on here, he paints his for protection

 

[H182]

Mines still ok on 49k 3.5yrs old. It gets driven daily though and very rare they are short runs.

Although my cat cracked about 2k ago and needed fixing.