where do 182 exhausts usually leak?

[delcbr]

mines is blowing from near the front where should i check?

 

[Guppy]

Could be anywhere

Cat, Manifold, Centre box?

If it's the standard one they usually fall off as they are crap tbh...

 

[kendz]

I've recently had a mare with my cat cracking on the flange that joins cat to mid section. Is it whistling at high revs?

 

[delcbr]

no its sounding between cat and manifold plus theres a rattle coming off the exhaust now just as i turn the engine off maybe a join is loose will need to jack up for better inspection.

 

[treemanx]

i get a tapping noise from the exhaust near the front everytime i get out the car after a drive i can hear it. Does it mean i have a leak?

 

[Guppy]

Sounds like the cat to manifold gasket

K-Tec can supply you with the full kit for around 40-50 quid iirc...

 

[delcbr]

i get a tapping noise from the exhaust near the front everytime i get out the car after a drive i can hear it. Does it mean i have a leak?

all cars do that mate its just the exhaust cooling

 

[sideways danny]

cat to manifold gasket, exceedingly common on the 182

 

[delcbr]

cat to manifold gasket, exceedingly common on the 182

thanks Danny do you think this is caused by excessive engine movement? would the lower dogbone mount be the cause of it leaking?

 

[sideways danny]

no. the gasket wears out. it's a flexi join

 

[koi]

Sounds like the cat to manifold gasket

K-Tec can supply you with the full kit for around 40-50 quid iirc...

http://www.k-tecracing.com/show_product.asp?id=2334

£25.30 delivered, will be ordering this as mine has gone as well

 

[treemanx]

Thanks for the help guys.

 

[delcbr]

found out where its leaking today as it was dry and got it up on axle stands.
theres a rusty round clamp holding 2 flanges together one at the back end of the cat and the other onto the rest of the system back..... it is cracked and well rusty and is allowing too much exhaust movement this is the main leak........also noticed it is blowing just at the first silencer too
will see if some Belzoner mixed up with fibreglass will patch up the hole in the silencer and will nbedd to get hold of an exhaust clamp pronto!!!!!

 

[K-Tec Racing]

the outer rear box cases fail then go near the joins to the pipework

Andy