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YOUR RESEARCHYatesy's Beer Can Boffin Bodge
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Intending to get it properly sorted when I got home, it was on the eve of an MOT that I decided to get a proper replacement exhaust fitted - some 6 months later!!
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:thumb: Brilliant, when I was a kid I repaired the exhaust on my Lambretta with a baked bean can.
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I did a similar repair using beer cans on one of the exhausts of my 2.8 Capri when on a holiday in Wales in the 80s as a temporary repair.
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Intending to get it properly sorted when I got home, it was on the eve of an MOT that I decided to get a proper replacement exhaust fitted - some 6 months later!!
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Just seen a post about blowing exhaust sleeves and realised I hadn't posted a recent fix I did on mine.
I've had issues more than once with the cat to back box exhaust sleeves on my 996. They always start weeping after a period and there's nothing as annoying as a boffing exhaust note!!
Last week I thought I'd have a go at something different and as yet after a few hundred spirited miles it's still holding up. I decided to create an air-tight bandage that would seal the gap between the two pipes, then refit the sleeves over the top. I was going to go down Halfords and buy a couple of those Holts ones but thought "where's the fun in that!"
So in typical Yatesy fashion - time for a couple of cheap Aldi Beers. :drink:
Polish them off in lightning speed, pull out the sciccors and bathroom sealant and get to work - Blue Peter style:
The donor can (+1 another one swiftly behind it :grin: )
Get to work with the scissors
Check for size
Copious amounts of silicone bathroom sealant
Then wrap round the joints
Will be interesting seeing if it lasts :grin:
Love it!
I'm not certain the sealant is necessary, but then Beefeater has made me make some strange choices in my time.
I once tried to use jubilee clips on the same joint. They lasted about two weeks. However, I'm sure if you're using the rest of the standard joint hardware you'll be fine.
Cheers!
Is that called "upcycling" :?:
Dunno about the silicone Alex, I bought some a few weeks ago and the data sheet said possible "spontaneous combustion" :nooo:
Szymon informed me the next morning my engine 'is on fire' when we rocked up at a local car show last week, but I think that was just the paint on the can burning off
Been fine since and the excess sealant that squeezed out under clamping it still intact and squidgy.
You'll be surprised how long this lasts!!
I did a similar repair using beer cans on one of the exhausts of my 2.8 Capri when on a holiday in Wales in the 80s as a temporary repair. Intending to get it properly sorted when I got home, it was on the eve of an MOT that I decided to get a proper replacement exhaust fitted - some 6 months later!!
