2002 Xsara VTS

[Ben_w]

Exhaust sealing is something you can do if the joints are correct and not rusting away.

Assemble the exhaust using this essentially as assembly paste. For example, in a sleeved joint put a bead around the inner part before sliding them together. Dries to a flexible sealant and it never causes an issue taking it apart again. It also isn't water soluble and can resist oil and temperature so it's fine. Obviously this is only on joints that are OK for sealant.

If the blow is because of corrosion and shit/wrong joints this might work temporarily but you need to fix them really.

I could but I am absolutely done with crawling around under these cars   

They are a real pain to get high enough to work under comfortably because they sit pretty low anyway. Today, I've done the handbrake cables on a mates VTS and it's about killed me!! 

The garage can definitely do the exhaust sealing! 5 mins on a ramp and a few quid. The joints are all pretty good and I cleaned them all up when the exhaust was off the car.

Anyway, with the handbrake job out of the way, I decided I'd cut the old cat up, just to see how much of a restriction the hammered patch was causing. I was quite surprised...



Probably just less than half the pipes original diameter. I guess that was the cause of the horrible raspy sound.