Need help ASAP!

[NarcolepticFlea@aol.com (NarcolepticFlea@aol.com)]

I believe it cracked due to being a 14yr old daily driver, the heavy road-salting in my area and just a lot of use. Could be running a little bit lean tho, dunno. As for 'engine pipe' yeah, I have no idea where that came from, but he said himself that he doesn't really do exhaust and only replaces with factory parts and the factory called is an 'engine exhaust pipe'. It's a decent garage, not like the one at home, but the best I can get when I need stuff done.

Dan

In a message dated 10/18/2002 9:18:58 PM Eastern Standard Time, amalventano@sc.rr.com writes:

> 
> heres an important question... how the heck did it crack that badly?  i think
> you may be running way too lean. oh, and i wouldnt trust a mechanic that calls
> anything an 'engine pipe'.
> Al
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <NarcolepticFlea@aol.com>
> To: <Shayrock@aol.com>
> Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 4:42 PM
> Subject: Re: Need help ASAP!
> 
> 
> > Well, just got my car from the garage. Here's the deal. The manifold has tons
> of hairline cracks in it so any work on the dp will cause it to crumble. The
> main problem does seem to be the downpipe afterall. I was quoted at $800, but he
> said that's because he only does factory exhaust replacement and suggested Midas
> or someone could possibly make a pipe. So, it seems like I have the manifold
> from Michael Abatzis taken care of, but now am in search for a downpipe. As much
> as I would love a nice TT one or something, I'm a poor college student. Just to
> doublecheck, the dp goes from the manifold to the rest of the exhaust right? The
> mechanic kept calling it an engine pipe and I want to make sure it's the same
> part, since $800 compared to the $300 or so I've seen online seems hard to
> believe.
> >
> > Thanks yet again,
> > Dan
> >
> > In a message dated Fri, 18 Oct 2002  4:37:07 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> Shayrock writes:
> >
> > >        Just replaced mine (8816v).  I Didn't even know it was cracked till I
> pulled the head off.  If its making alot a noise definatly look in to the down
> pipe. it usually fails at the flex joint and is replaceable with a nice piece
> from
> > > Techtonics for about 325 versus about 600 from the 
> dealer.
> > >
> > >        Shamus
> > >        8816v
> >
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