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Default Re: Penny for your thoughts? - 04-20-2007 , 04:47 PM







"Simon Dean" <sjdean (AT) simtext (DOT) plus.com> wrote

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Chris Bartram wrote:
Adrian wrote:
Simon Dean (sjdean (AT) simtext (DOT) plus.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like
they were saying :
Im really very inclined to trust it is the exhaust. Maybe the cat?

It's the exhaust, almost certainly.

It's probably blowing, and almost certainly hitting/vibrating against
something underneath as the engine mounts allow the engine to move.

I'll second that. If it's blowing it will be down on power too.

Yup.

It was the exhaust. Apparently, I squashed it into the floor, and the
chassis is a bit squished in places.

£160 for the two back sections. All in all, pretty cheap repair.

Get some waxy sealant stuff.

And finally a new exhaust that's actually quiet.

Nice outcome. Of course you do realise you've lost all rights to take the
piss out of the grannies who are always stuffing their automatics through
the forecourt windows and running over their bridge partners?

:-))

Steve




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Default Re: Penny for your thoughts? - 04-20-2007 , 06:56 PM






Simon Dean <sjdean (AT) simtext (DOT) plus.com> wrote in
news:58sh0eF2i4gmhU1 (AT) mid (DOT) individual.net:

Quote:
Chris Bartram wrote:
Adrian wrote:
Simon Dean (sjdean (AT) simtext (DOT) plus.com) gurgled happily, sounding much
like they were saying :
Im really very inclined to trust it is the exhaust. Maybe the cat?

It's the exhaust, almost certainly.

It's probably blowing, and almost certainly hitting/vibrating
against something underneath as the engine mounts allow the engine
to move.

I'll second that. If it's blowing it will be down on power too.

Yup.

It was the exhaust. Apparently, I squashed it into the floor, and the
chassis is a bit squished in places.

£160 for the two back sections. All in all, pretty cheap repair.

Get some waxy sealant stuff.

And finally a new exhaust that's actually quiet.

Cya
Simon
Much relief all round, eh?
Must have been your old Zorst causing the problem anyway. :-)

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Tunku

"Caution : traces of irony and other metallic objects may be present in
the above post"


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Default Re: Penny for your thoughts? - 04-21-2007 , 03:03 AM



shazzbat wrote:
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"Simon Dean" <sjdean (AT) simtext (DOT) plus.com> wrote in message
news:58sh0eF2i4gmhU1 (AT) mid (DOT) individual.net...
Chris Bartram wrote:
Adrian wrote:
Simon Dean (sjdean (AT) simtext (DOT) plus.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like
they were saying :
Im really very inclined to trust it is the exhaust. Maybe the cat?
It's the exhaust, almost certainly.

It's probably blowing, and almost certainly hitting/vibrating against
something underneath as the engine mounts allow the engine to move.

I'll second that. If it's blowing it will be down on power too.
Yup.

It was the exhaust. Apparently, I squashed it into the floor, and the
chassis is a bit squished in places.

£160 for the two back sections. All in all, pretty cheap repair.

Get some waxy sealant stuff.

And finally a new exhaust that's actually quiet.

Nice outcome. Of course you do realise you've lost all rights to take the
piss out of the grannies who are always stuffing their automatics through
the forecourt windows and running over their bridge partners?

:-))

Steve


Yes, never more will I be able to look over at the garage forecourt and
see people stranded on the embankment and laugh....

Of course, it makes it all the more stupid for me... because...

After I had reversed out at speed, I thought, well, that's it, I've
wrecked the car, and it's in the middle of the road. So I drove it quite
deliberately back forward and over the embankment into the parking space
at work.

Erm......

Cya
Simon


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Default Re: Penny for your thoughts? - 04-21-2007 , 03:05 AM



Tunku wrote:

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Much relief all round, eh?
Must have been your old Zorst causing the problem anyway. :-)

It was a noisy f***er at the best of times! Now, i start the car up, and
it just hums quietly. In some respects, Im quite glad I did it.

If nothing else, when I come to sell the car in six months, I got a
fairly new exhaust I should be able to get £80 for... :-)

Cheers
Simon


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