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YOUR RESEARCHHelp, C4S exhaust tip problem
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This is with a real Porsche Sports exhaust that was installed a couple of years ago after I got the car.
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so the problem is that there is an L shaped bracket that is tightened on the exhaust tip and connects to a n exhaust tube in the back to hold the tip up.
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Can the pipe be tightened somehow so that I can ignore the broken bracket (assuming it is broken)?
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I managed to use some wire to tie the tube going from the tip to the tube behind it and it is pretty solid, it will hold up for a few days.
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so the problem is that there is an L shaped bracket that is tightened on the exhaust tip and connects to a n exhaust tube in the back to hold the tip up.
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So I get out of the car after my commute to work today and notice one of my exhaust tips is pointing up and to the right at a crazy angle on my 2003 C4S. I try to get on all fours to see what is going on which is hard since I'm dressed for work and can't really get messy.
It seems like a bracket is broken that holds the tip and the tip is attached to a curved pipe about 10" long that seems to rotate freely now, but does not give when lightly tugged on. This pipe appears to connect to the exhaust as best as I can tell without crawling underneath. This is with a real Porsche Sports exhaust that was installed a couple of years ago after I got the car. And they are the stock tips that came with the car.
Has anybody had this problem? Is the bracket really broken or is it just a support piece and is the real problem that the pipe is loose. Can the pipe be tightened somehow so that I can ignore the broken bracket (assuming it is broken)? Finally would you drive it back this way? I'm afraid it will fall off on the highway, but I'm not sure I should try to tug harder at the pipe to dislodge it since then the exhaust would just flow straight into the rear of the car.
Thanks for help!
One day I noticed my left exhaust tip is drooping on by C4S. Took it to a dealer who said I broke the bracket hitting it somehow. I never did hit anything but I let them fix it for $80. I don't know how it broke. I drove around with it drooping for a while without it falling off.
so the problem is that there is an L shaped bracket that is tightened on the exhaust tip and connects to a n exhaust tube in the back to hold the tip up. This bracket broke. I managed to use some wire to tie the tube going from the tip to the tube behind it and it is pretty solid, it will hold up for a few days.
Anyone know the part number to this bracket so I can order a replacement?
Thanks guys. It is not in that picture. It is a L shaped bracket that attaches to the exhaust tube near part number 29 on one end and to the tip (part 21) on the other end. Perhaps it is a C4S only part? Since my tip (part 21), connects to a tube 11" long or so which then connects to the muffler (part 20 above) which is not shown above, I think that diagram is not for a C4S.
go to any muffler shop and they can weld it in place or fix it for you...I would not take it to the dealership for something like that...unless it is under warranty. $ 30 is what a muffler shop charged me to do something similar on my STi...
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