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Exhaust repair - nct

  • 30-08-2014 7:33am
    #1
    zurbfoundation
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 816 ✭✭✭


    hi lads, trying to resurrect my old toyota on a budget - mostly done now but did a repair to the broken exhaust and wondering will it pass NCT -

    it broke after the silencer and i tried to weld it but my arc welder was too hot for it and just melted it - so i got a piece of another exhaust slightly narrower diameter - slipped it inside and it was snug into the silencer, wedged it in there good, and i clamped it on the pipe side - was a slight blow on pipe side so i tapped it with aluminium tape - no more leaks and its very silent

    i know its a complete bodge, but whats the chances of it passing the test?

    320354.jpg

    sagging a bit in the photo but i have strapped it up since with a metal band


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  • #2
    DublinDilbert
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,401 ✭✭✭DublinDilbert


    zurbfoundation wrote: »
    hi lads, trying to resurrect my old toyota on a budget - mostly done now but did a repair to the broken exhaust and wondering will it pass NCT -

    it broke after the silencer and i tried to weld it but my arc welder was too hot for it and just melted it - so i got a piece of another exhaust slightly narrower diameter - slipped it inside and it was snug into the silencer, wedged it in there good, and i clamped it on the pipe side - was a slight blow on pipe side so i tapped it with aluminium tape - no more leaks and its very silent

    i know its a complete bodge, but whats the chances of it passing the test?

    https://us.v-cdn.net/6034073/uploads/attachments/700762/320354.jpg

    sagging a bit in the photo but i have strapped it up since with a metal band

    Some exhaust cement on the pipe going inside probably would of sealed it up good.

    The NCT isn't a Beauty pageant so once it's sealed & secure I'd imagine it will pass. I recently put a clamp-on flexi on a golf, took lots of exhaust cement and two clamps on one end to seal. Sailed through the NCT, nothing was said.


  • #3
    zurbfoundation
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 816 ✭✭✭zurbfoundation


    i had tried cement and didnt seal for long (before the pipe insert) but now that you say it i could strip off the tape, lather it up with cement and then retape once set. tape is only to stop a slight blow.


  • #4
    Stella Virgo
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 478 ✭✭Stella Virgo


    might be no harm to spray it matt black...it does stand out a bit.


  • #5
    zurbfoundation
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 816 ✭✭✭zurbfoundation


    Stella Virgo wrote: »
    might be no harm to spray it matt black...it does stand out a bit.

    good shout - thanks


  • #6
    O.A.P
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,380 ✭✭✭O.A.P


    Stella Virgo wrote: »
    might be no harm to spray it matt black...it does stand out a bit.

    Would it not burn or melt when they bring the engine up to temperature during the test and drawing more attention to it ?


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