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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: andyabbs on 25 December 2008, 14:33:24

Title: Exhaust question
Post by: andyabbs on 25 December 2008, 14:33:24

On my 1999 Elite the nearside downpipe has gone on the bend , is this the CAT section??
Cant see many good diagrams on the net and im no engineer, any pointers would be good....thanks

Andy
Merry xmas

Title: Re: Exhaust question
Post by: markey mark on 25 December 2008, 16:28:28

yes mate thats the cat section  :(

Title: Re: Exhaust question
Post by: MutantCav on 25 December 2008, 16:40:39

Is it the cat thats gone or just the heatshield wrapped round it??

Title: Re: Exhaust question
Post by: andyabbs on 26 December 2008, 09:01:00

Its the outer pipe, just rotted away and i can see the inside pipe which looks fine. it runs ok between 1200 and 2000 rpm but is lumpy outside these. I obviously need to get it sorted asap , will it be ok to drive locally to get it fixed.

Thanks

Title: Re: Exhaust question
Post by: JasonH on 26 December 2008, 09:42:47

The outer pipe is just soundproofing. If you rip it off (not as easy as you might think) it will be fine, just a bit more noisy. The inner pipe is really thick and you'll have to hit something to hole it.

Title: Re: Exhaust question
Post by: JasonH on 26 December 2008, 09:43:31

Your running problem will be something else.