Question about 1987 300 SDL Exhaust System
01-29-2007, 04:18 PM
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Question about 1987 300 SDL Exhaust System
This questions concerns a fix that I made to the exhaust pipe under the engine.
There is a flexible stainless steel coorugated type pipe (wide about 5 or 6 inches in diameter that is clamped I think to the turbo on one side and to an exahust pipe about 3 inches in diameter going down to the muffler and tail pipe.
There was another flexible corrugated tube with a braided metal cover coating in that line down to the muffler exhaust system as it runs under the body of the car. That flexible tube (about 10 inches long) broke.
I cut it out, and because I could not find a replacement, replaced it with a similar part made out of straight tubing, clamped on to the cutoff ends. THe leak is gone the sound is gone.
Id this addition of an inflexible part going to cause any damage anywhere else.
There is a flexible stainless steel coorugated type pipe (wide about 5 or 6 inches in diameter that is clamped I think to the turbo on one side and to an exahust pipe about 3 inches in diameter going down to the muffler and tail pipe.
There was another flexible corrugated tube with a braided metal cover coating in that line down to the muffler exhaust system as it runs under the body of the car. That flexible tube (about 10 inches long) broke.
I cut it out, and because I could not find a replacement, replaced it with a similar part made out of straight tubing, clamped on to the cutoff ends. THe leak is gone the sound is gone.
Id this addition of an inflexible part going to cause any damage anywhere else.
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1991 Mercedes-Benz 560 SEL
This questions concerns a fix that I made to the exhaust pipe under the engine.
There is a flexible stainless steel coorugated type pipe (wide about 5 or 6 inches in diameter that is clamped I think to the turbo on one side and to an exahust pipe about 3 inches in diameter going down to the muffler and tail pipe.
There was another flexible corrugated tube with a braided metal cover coating in that line down to the muffler exhaust system as it runs under the body of the car. That flexible tube (about 10 inches long) broke.
I cut it out, and because I could not find a replacement, replaced it with a similar part made out of straight tubing, clamped on to the cutoff ends. THe leak is gone the sound is gone.
Id this addition of an inflexible part going to cause any damage anywhere else.
There is a flexible stainless steel coorugated type pipe (wide about 5 or 6 inches in diameter that is clamped I think to the turbo on one side and to an exahust pipe about 3 inches in diameter going down to the muffler and tail pipe.
There was another flexible corrugated tube with a braided metal cover coating in that line down to the muffler exhaust system as it runs under the body of the car. That flexible tube (about 10 inches long) broke.
I cut it out, and because I could not find a replacement, replaced it with a similar part made out of straight tubing, clamped on to the cutoff ends. THe leak is gone the sound is gone.
Id this addition of an inflexible part going to cause any damage anywhere else.
I dont do much in the ways of diesel so if you had a photo I may be able to suggest some aftermarket flex tubes that only run about $20 that can be spliced in to allow the flex.
