honda civic exhaust

[worried jim]

I have some corrosion on the pipe behind the back box and it is blowing. The car is a good reliable banger and I am running it into the ground. Rather than replace the exhuast I have seen a £15 repair kit in halfords which should do the job for me- Does anyone have any experience of using these kits and to what result?

[anewman]

If it's a case of spending £15 on a repair kit, I'd rather call up a few places asking for a quote. If you're near Leeds try calling Exhaust Discounts. They seem to be cheaper than everywhere else for me.

[uktyler]

I've not tried these kits, but had great success with a baked bean tin cut down the side, wrapped round and attached with a couple of jubilee clips. This repair outlasted the car, and got through two MOT's. Only works on straight pipes though.

[Inactive]

I have some corrosion on the pipe behind the back box and it is blowing. The car is a good reliable banger and I am running it into the ground. Rather than replace the exhuast I have seen a £15 repair kit in halfords which should do the job for me- Does anyone have any experience of using these kits and to what result?

A new back box is only around £50, ( pattern ) hardly worth the hassle of bodging it.

[worried jim]

A new back box is only around £50, ( pattern ) hardly worth the hassle of bodging it.
I agree but I cant see a garage missing an opportunity to flog a full system.

[mikey72]

If you can do you own repair, you can put a new box on. I've used the paste and it falls out after a while.
You can buy the back box for about twice the price of the paste.
http://www.onlineautomotive.co.uk/
http://www.buypartsby.co.uk/

[worried jim]

well I've just used a tube of gun gum on the pipe and am leaving it to dry to see what success I may or may have. If it fails then off to kwik fit !

[Apples2]

I spent a small fortune on all those gum compounds and wrapping strips of tinfoil around exhaust pipes in my younger days.

It will last for a little while (enough to get through an MOT) but it will fall out eventually.

[flang]

well I've just used a tube of gun gum on the pipe and am leaving it to dry to see what success I may or may have. If it fails then off to kwik fit !
Ha Ive done this before and it lasted for the MOT then fell out a couple of months later.

[roddydogs]

Dont know how youve got Gun gummed cars thru MOT....its a definite fail.......so are Jubilee Clips, etc

[Hintza]

Dont know how youve got Gun gummed cars thru MOT....its a definite fail.......so are Jubilee Clips, etc

Why, in the days of my youth this was how we did. What has changed?

[maniac886]

well I've just used a tube of gun gum on the pipe and am leaving it to dry to see what success I may or may have. If it fails then off to kwik fit !

Please do not go to Kwik S*it whatever you do! Try and visit a local reputable garage or exhaust specialist!

[worried jim]

Its worked !!!!!!! Well happy, if it last till the end of the summer I will very pleased.

[goldspanners]

i remember helping my dad years ago jubille clip a used beer can round a hole in the exhaust and then smothered it with gun gum, it lasted about 2 weeks before it started blowing again.

[pianeet]

got thru 2 large tins of gun gum and 2 rolls of tin foil recently when we traded a campervan in ,(new ehaust was extortinate)every time i done a patch so it started blowing further up the pipe i was so relieved when the traders check cleared;)

[Pew Pew Pew Lasers!]

I've not tried these kits, but had great success with a baked bean tin cut down the side, wrapped round and attached with a couple of jubilee clips. This repair outlasted the car, and got through two MOT's. Only works on straight pipes though.

This is the best bodge. The exhaust wraps always harden and fall off, but nothing will shift jubilee clips and a tin can.

[maniac886]

I've not tried these kits, but had great success with a baked bean tin cut down the side, wrapped round and attached with a couple of jubilee clips. This repair outlasted the car, and got through two MOT's. Only works on straight pipes though.

Heinz or Branston baked beans?:confused:

[uktyler]

Heinz or Branston baked beans?:confused:

Kwik Save super economy beans of course, I am a money saver.:rotfl:

[Sirbendy]

The Astra backbox literally came apart on me...casing split, and the baffles dropped out, then the box fell off the pipe when I tried to shift it. I ended up slicing it off with a cutting disk.

I went to a factors and got a new backbox with hangers for £28, and put it on. Much less hassle than repair kits.

I had an MOT on my last car, and I told the tester it'd fail as it was blowing. I had a new exhaust on order, but it wouldn't arrive until an hor after the MOT. It passed anyway!

When I asked how this had been achieved, the guy said "hole? what hole? OH! THIS hole? Tut. Must have had my hand over it, dear me.."

Priceless..

[roddydogs]

Why, in the days of my youth this was how we did. What has changed?
I mean in the last few years, when thevey tighend up on MOTs, not years ago