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Title: V6 Exhaust question
Post by: JamesV6CDX on 24 April 2007, 22:04:40
Cotton wool, lost of black strands in my backbox, restricting flow.


Question, do I just need to replace the backbox, or could this be coming from the mid sections?
Title: Re: V6 Exhaust question
Post by: TheBoy on 24 April 2007, 22:06:56
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Cotton wool, lost of black strands in my backbox, restricting flow.


Question, do I just need to replace the backbox, or could this be coming from the mid sections?
most likely rear....
Title: Re: V6 Exhaust question
Post by: JamesV6CDX on 24 April 2007, 22:08:42
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Cotton wool, lost of black strands in my backbox, restricting flow.


Question, do I just need to replace the backbox, or could this be coming from the mid sections?
most likely rear....

My thoughts (and hopes) too!
Title: Re: V6 Exhaust question
Post by: JasonH on 24 April 2007, 22:22:22
Omegas sound quite good without the backbox - you could try reving with the backbox off and see what happens.....
Title: Re: V6 Exhaust question
Post by: JamesV6CDX on 24 April 2007, 22:25:00
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Omegas sound quite good without the backbox - you could try reving with the backbox off and see what happens.....

Carbon monoxode in car... chough... die? :P
Title: Re: V6 Exhaust question
Post by: Tony H on 24 April 2007, 22:25:32
Highly unlikley to be coming from the mid section sounds like the baffles have corroded in the back box and the wadding has escaped  
Title: Re: V6 Exhaust question
Post by: jonathanh on 25 April 2007, 07:53:55
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Omegas sound quite good without the backbox - you could try reving with the backbox off and see what happens.....

that's if you can get the back box off without dmanging the middle sections: two pipes into the back box means you can't twist the back box off.
Title: Re: V6 Exhaust question
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 25 April 2007, 08:15:18
Thast what angle grinders were made for......
Title: Re: V6 Exhaust question
Post by: JasonH on 26 April 2007, 22:57:51
You're both right.

It's a bugger to get the back box off if you're not doing the centre boxes. I had to cut mine off with an angle grinder and open the pipe like a banana.
Title: Re: V6 Exhaust question
Post by: JamesV6CDX on 27 April 2007, 01:41:14
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You're both right.

It's a bugger to get the back box off if you're not doing the centre boxes. I had to cut mine off with an angle grinder and open the pipe like a banana.

Couldn't find the angle grinder.. so I dropped the exhaust and hacksawed the thing off

Even with a blunt saw - it was like a hot knife in butter!!

Just need to get a backbox now!