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  1. 13th February 2012, 07:05 PM #1
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    What would cause this?

    Hey Guys
    I gave a lend of my 95 300 tdi Disco to my father when he reported a funny sound coming from the rear of the vehicle. He said it sounded like the exhaust has broken a mount. I told him to bring it over and I ll have a look.

    This is what I found, so as the title says, what could have caused this, bearing in mind he was just driving to and from the golf club!

    I checked the rubber mount thingies and all seems in order.

    Is it a simple fix i.e. weld it all up?

    Cheers

    Dave



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    I'd go to an exhaust guy and get a piece of tube stretched to fit as a sleeve over it and have welded on. Will be much stronger and shouldn't cost more than $20- or so.
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    what could have caused this, bearing in mind he was just driving to and from the golf club!
    Too many golf clubs & bottles of Scotch maybe.
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    Gee Dave that's a weird one!

    This was an original one piece exhaust?

    It doesn't look like it has hit the A-frame, so what happened to the missing bit?

    Was it a weak point and it just blew out a hole, then slowly hinged back and forth til it snapped?
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    Quote Originally Posted by 4bee View Post
    Too many golf clubs & bottles of Scotch maybe.
    Possibly!!!!

    Quote Originally Posted by nice1guv View Post
    Gee Dave that's a weird one!

    This was an original one piece exhaust?

    It doesn't look like it has hit the A-frame, so what happened to the missing bit?

    Was it a weak point and it just blew out a hole, then slowly hinged back and forth til it snapped?
    It is a strange one. Just over 2 years ago the previous owner had the centre muffler back replaced so it s not like it was corroded.
    It is actually all there just a bad photo!
    Where it was broken, it was a single piece between the two mufflers.
    I'm bringing it in to an exhaust place tomorrow. Hopefully he ll be able to shed some light on it. I showed him the pictures today and before I told him he knew it was a landy, he knows his exhausts!!!
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  6. 14th February 2012, 01:57 PM #6
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    During manufacturing and bending the pipe may be there was a small fracture in the pipe. Constant heating up and cooling of exhaust has expanded the crack until it gave way
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