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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: ians on 17 July 2008, 13:15:35

Title: Exhaust fitting
Post by: ians on 17 July 2008, 13:15:35

Just failed mot on hole in the rh central box :'( (from the noise when driving home the hole was definately a lot bigger than on the way to the mot..)

So a couple of questions:

for a cat back system
- is there a gasket or sealing compound needed between the flanges at the front (that mate with the cat section)?
- assuming the bolts at the front shear, what size replacements do I need?
- is it better to assemble the 3 sections on the ground and then lift into place, or front sections first and then the back box?

Cheers
Ian

Title: Re: Exhaust fitting
Post by: jonathanh on 17 July 2008, 17:00:15

to answer your questions:

1- no sealing compound that I know of.  I guess exhaust cemet will not hurt

2 - soak the bolts in plus gas for two or three nights in a row.  Apply heat as well.  if they shear then drill them out and replace with nut and bolt

3- thereis plenty of jiggling room to assemble on the car.  lifting all three bits together will be heavy.  

Title: Re: Exhaust fitting
Post by: Bandit127 on 17 July 2008, 18:27:17

Could you buy the bits and persuade your local exhaust place to fit them?

I am not rich, but £25 would be cheap as chips for getting someone else to take that pain...