spook Donating Members 180 Member For: 16y 8m 22d Gender: Male Posted 04/11/20 04:56 AM Share Posted 04/11/20 04:56 AM (edited) Been chasing a minor exhaust leak that's quite noticeable on first start however quietens down somewhat when warm. I suspected it was the dump pipe and upon removal noticed what appears to be a very long crack. Just seems too straight to crack like that and is more than likely a deep scratch from fitment many years ago?? Is this common? Edited 04/11/20 05:03 AM by spook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JETURBO ...JD TUNING ADELAIDE... Gold Donating Members 23,708 Member For: 16y 6m 25d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 04/11/20 05:27 AM Share Posted 04/11/20 05:27 AM Take a picture of where the Dump is welded to the 5 Bolt flange. Upload it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,060 Member For: 16y 8m 16d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 04/11/20 05:28 AM Share Posted 04/11/20 05:28 AM does look like a fitment scratch... @arronm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spook Donating Members 180 Member For: 16y 8m 22d Gender: Male Posted 04/11/20 05:57 AM Author Share Posted 04/11/20 05:57 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JETURBO ...JD TUNING ADELAIDE... Gold Donating Members 23,708 Member For: 16y 6m 25d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 04/11/20 09:11 AM Share Posted 04/11/20 09:11 AM That’s miles better than normal condition as Xforce have a bad habit of splitting around and under the weld It’s common for the Flange on the rear housing where it bolts to the manifold ( T3 ) to leak and a simple nip up can rectify it or a new SS gasket That mark on the First picture doesn’t look like a split but your second picture looks like a big crack ... Grab a pick and have a dig at it and let us know 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,990 Member For: 9y 10m 27d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 04/11/20 09:20 AM Share Posted 04/11/20 09:20 AM 8 minutes ago, JETURBO said: big crack Heh heh heh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spook Donating Members 180 Member For: 16y 8m 22d Gender: Male Posted 05/11/20 04:33 AM Author Share Posted 05/11/20 04:33 AM Thanks I gave it a good clean and a run over with some wet n dry and it's just a scratch. At least it's shiny again!! Put it all back together and checked all fittings - sure enough found the bottom 2 turbo manifold nuts a tad loose. Will teach me to check the obvious things first! Fired it up and all good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,060 Member For: 16y 8m 16d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 05/11/20 04:34 AM Share Posted 05/11/20 04:34 AM 23 hours ago, k31th said: does look like a fitment scratch... what do I win? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,990 Member For: 9y 10m 27d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 05/11/20 07:19 AM Share Posted 05/11/20 07:19 AM 2 hours ago, spook said: At least it's shiny again!! That's gotta be worth at least 30hp right there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JETURBO ...JD TUNING ADELAIDE... Gold Donating Members 23,708 Member For: 16y 6m 25d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 05/11/20 08:07 AM Share Posted 05/11/20 08:07 AM 3 hours ago, k31th said: what do I win? The same thing I win .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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