MK2 Golf GTi Exhaust troubles

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February 17, 2005, 3:05 pm
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My MK2 16V GTi's exhaust was knocked by one of the speed humps very
thoughtfully provided by Norwich city council the other weekend. The
centre box was mangled, leaving the back pipe hanging out of it. The pipe
pipe was welded back into the centre box, and all was well again. Then
yesterday, the pipe at the other (front) end of the centre box broke, and
the box in the downpipe tore at the back from the weight of the pipe hanging
against it (p'raps).

It's all been welded back up now, but still sags in the middle (downpipe is
lower at the back than the front). Have I got shagged engine mounts, causing
the entire engine to tilt back or what? My mechanic reckons they're fine,
but he reckons a lot of things...




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February 17, 2005, 3:33 pm
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Re: MK2 Golf GTi Exhaust troubles



If you've got shagged engine mounts that shagged you can feel the engine  
moving when you let the clutch up. More likely the weldins a tad out.

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February 17, 2005, 5:00 pm
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Re: MK2 Golf GTi Exhaust troubles

On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 20:33:04 -0000, Duncan Wood wrote:



Or possibly a missing mount in the centre section?

 

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February 18, 2005, 3:08 am
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Chris Street wrote:

Thought about that, but the diagram of the system in Haynes shows no mounts
until the back end of the system.



 

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February 18, 2005, 5:50 am
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I'm pretty certain there used to be a figure of 8 one on the middle box.

 

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February 18, 2005, 10:34 am
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You're correct. There should be a rubber hanger in the middle, around the
handbrake assembly.

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Ken Davidson
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February 18, 2005, 2:14 pm
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On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 08:08:40 -0000, Doki wrote:


And since when were Haynes accurate? I'll bet there is one somewhere, I've
never seen any car that doesn't have one....

(waits for list of corrections of common cars that don't)

 

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February 18, 2005, 6:40 am
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I would look at the engine mounts, we used to run a fleet of diesel Caddy's
(mk II running gear) and were replacing engine mounts all the time- you had
to else within days the exhaust system was in a million pieces...

Tim..




 

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